[SoCal Pubbie]

I did read further. Those excuses were the words of Robert Toombs, not the author, whoever that is.

[DiogenesLamp]

The Author provides quotes from him, as well as other sources, but you are misrepresenting it to assert that it is nothing but excuses from Robert Toombs.

The Author distinguishes between what Tombs wrote and what he and others wrote.

[DiogenesLamp]

I sometimes think we are having difficulty in communicating. Yes, there are quotes from Robert Toombs in that piece, but they are not the focus of the piece. They are incidental to it.