Peter, >No harm in speculating. I would be very surprised if he got his degree >from a "legitimate" college - not that I respect "legitimate" degrees >that much anyhow. But if you're the one being speculated about, especially in a negative way, you probably wouldn't like it very much. I guess I'm a old-fashioned prude, but I still believe in things like the Golden Rule. >"Friendly" yes but not necessarily well-thought out or responsible which >is what Liza was pointing to. JR never posted much to this list so it >should not take you long to form an opinion of the quality of his previous >contributions. If she had merely pointed out where his post was not well thought out or responsible, it would have been a positive contribution. But dredging up stuff from the past to expose a person's "credibility" easily becomes a smear tactic and a way of avoiding the topic at hand. I think we would all benefit tremendously if, each time we read a post from someone, we read it as if the person were completely unknown to us. Then we will find that we can learn an amazing amount even from people we thought had nothing to teach us. Mark [log in to unmask]