> studies by pointy-headed escapees from the 
>> ivory tower who have never even cut an 
>> understory, let alone nurtured a tree to the 
>> age where it made fruit.

> The first part is true.
> The second part is flat out rude.

The second part is also true.
Objective reality cannot be "rude, it just is what it is.

> I know the people working on these studies

But not one person was named who has "cut an understory" or "nurtured a tree
to the age where it made fruit", the specific questions posed, which seems
to concede that the point made was factually correct.

Jim, 
I was referring to the characterization "pointy-headed escapees from the ivory tower." I stopped reading at that point. 

P

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