12-08-2013, 06:16 PM
My feelings are very close to those of Charles and Jan. Why label at all? It turns the whole thing into a question of who is right, them or us, when the question should be: what are the facts, and what do they tell us (or not tell us). Or as Jim put it: I deal in facts, and the conclusions that flow from them. If I have to refer to the people who have dedicated their talents, money, time and sometimes lives to unearthing some part of the truth of the matter, I refer to them as researchers or scholars or critics of the official position. But I prefer not to engage in the kind of discourse that repeatedly says: "LNs say this" or "CTs say that" (even if we found some more neutral label for the latter group). It is simply a distraction, and reinforces the ping-pong game that those who wish to diminish such efforts are wont to encourage.