Hi Elspeth, Thank you for saying that mocking and shaming aren't worthwhile.  I like to think mocking and shaming is wrong, period, and that "the ends don't justify the means".  Many here seem to think that those researching and studying and discussing the nature of our planet our somehow deserving of the WORST condemnations I have ever heard expressed:  "don't breed"  "why don't you just kill yourself"  "people like you should be terminated"  "they shouldn't even be allowed on the internet"  "you are disgusting" "you are a worse than a dirty animal"  "you should never teach children" "you make humanity look bad"  ---- all of these things (and much worse, I am leaving out the sexual and crude stuff).  THERE SEEMS TO BE AN "EXCEPTION" MADE in my many peoples minds.  Saying these things about a person of a different race, culture, or sexual orientations is WAY WAY  WAY BAD nowadays.  But saying this about people talking math and science all day are scum of the earth.  ??????????????????

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