Bingowings said:
It is to be expected that some aspects of this thread would go a bit barmy going by the thread title.
Almost every time we have a thread with an incendiary title (and it survives long enough) the content within gets a bit hot and spicy.
I'm not saying that the underlying issues aren't pertinent and people are clearly passionate about what they are saying but aspects of this sort of discussion are exactly the kind of material the more zealous devotees will drag out to prove Mr Lucas right.
Some of what George is reported as saying in all seriousness is almost as potty as what I say in jest so we can be at least united in a bit of a giggle even it comes at the expense of the calamity of cultural vandalism.
The only reason it becomes hot and spicy is that some people who have no argument try (and fail) to use faux semantics to refute clearly established points and facts. They drag down the discussion by making comments like, "That's not what he meant."
Why some people are so desperate to serve their Flannel Master, I'll never understand.