Originally Posted by
dark_horse
I have been hesitating whether to write this or not, but having gained a bit more of an insight into your perspective over the past couple of days I think it might be constructive.
You make many useful and constructive points. Thank you.
I should add that I do not equate someone's subjective and therefore inevitably biased pursuit of the 'truth' to dispassionate and perhaps more objective (because total objectivity is impossible) historical research conducted by academics and journalists.
In this age of raging online conspiracy theory one has to be all the more cautious when working on or thinking about these matters...