That's a pretty sweeping statement, WildTurkey.
So was RobRoy's.
Could you help me narrow it down a little bit? Just give me an example or two, and I'll go chase it (them) down. Then we can compare notes. If there's evil to be found there, why, we can just root it out together.
The same has been asked in response to RobRoy -- and it seems a very proper request, in my opinion -- yet he has been evasive and people have jumped to his defense about his being evasive.
So I have a couple of questions:
1. Would you give WildTurkey an equal amount of leeway for making a "pretty sweeping statement" then declining either support or retract it?
2. Do you feel that anyone making a "pretty sweeping statement" like that, alleging significant amounts of deception in a public institution, should support it instead of being a "hit-and-run" accuser? Are "hit-and-run" accusations on a public forum even ethical?
3. Do you feel that being a member of FreeRepublic for a certain period earns the member a license to make such unsupported allegations?
Answers: No and No. But I do not see how these questions pertain to the case at hand....
...just to answer two points you raise for now, Ichneumenon. I'll have to look at the rest tomorrow, for now it's time for me to go to bed. Got another workday tomorrow, ya know.
Goodnight!
The post to which I replied said this:
WildTurkey: It means you can't support your allegation.