[FastCoyote]

"Ye gods, the prose! The prose! Would it not be a good thing to ritually slaughter one or two of the worst-writing academics each year?"

I could not have said it better. Why use a ten word sentence when thirty words are better? Larger words always clarify meaning! Why use common terms when stuffy ones are clearly better?

Perhaps a Neanderthal or two should have been saved to hunt down the miscreant academics whose prose certainly kills.

[porkchops 4 mahound]

Those who really have very little of substance to say, often use vast herds of words in the apparent hope that their verbiage will substitute for substance.

"Modern' academia rewards such pompous bloviation, esp. in the pursuit of PC nirvana.

No wonder leftists are insane, read some of their cr@p sometime, if you can.

BTW, just what the he!! does British Petroleum, (BP) have to do with anything?

;^)