You appear to be a genius at "missing the point"- which is why I gave up on this pointless discussion and got some work done. CathyRyan's "point" was perfectly obvious the FIRST time she made it- to everyone but you. Have you ever had your reading comprehension checked? Maybe you should.
By the way, I strongly suspect that you are a either a politician or an academic in some non-rigorous field (English? Ethnic Studies?), because you seem to have little ability to reason. And I mean that in the NICEST POSSIBLE WAY!
You appear to be a genius at "missing the point"-
I have read this entire thread, and am amazed at the reaction to TomB's posts. He makes total sense, and it concurs with the KNOWN data. Sure, there are studies that show potential disaster, but they try to be realistically pessimistic, because the HAVE to be prepared for the worst case disaster. Turns out that the worst case scenerio is not likely, I think thats good news. Not that we should not be vigilant, but I think we should be realistic.
I am amused to see quite a few people almost WANTING to believe the worst about things and reacting so negatively to TomB. I suppose some people secretly want to think the worst...