Dave wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:49:28 -0500, jeff said:

You seem to have missed the point.
Why would you assume that I care about your point?

Perhaps I give you too much credit for rationality.

Perhaps a relevant point if I had been engaged in this particular
discussion. However, I merely dropped in to shed a small bit of light
on an often misunderstood historical point.