Dear all,
As someone who follows this list and occasionally joins in, I don't find this discussion productive. In the interests of getting on, may I please request you to stop for the time being. There is a lot of excellent work being done by everyone who has contributed to the thread, and while disagreements have been expressed, we have to learn to deal with differences politely -- over-stressing an argument usually only makes the disagreement deeper. Maybe we should all step back and chill a little, perhaps even discuss all the other things that are going on :)
Good wishes, Achal