I'm not countering anything he says, I'm simply balancing it against my own experience. I personally wouldn't mind seeing anecdotal evidence from just about everyone - to me it's preferable to parroting other people's thoughts and perspectives. And as far as your request for citation of said statements, I quite honestly don't have time. But if I did go ahead and find you something from a trusted media source (whatever that is) to substantiate my statements about the scientific community, it'd make it one of very few cited arguments in this thread. That's why I admitted it's anecdotal evidence - it's still on par with pretty much everything else that's been said. And keep in mind that I restricted my commentary to the context of this issue and an issue I personally see as directly linked to it. I'm not disputing D. McD's statements of opinion (as though opinion can even be disputed), I'm just adding my own opinion to the pot, which I am entitled to do and which I said plainly was what I was doing.
