RC M. in short what was the solution to the problem back in 1962 when you sounded out? Do you believe in integration? What were you doing to warn them that the project would fail or did you retreat into a bunker as most people without the strength would?
No judgment is being made (in the sense of ostracizing you). There was an old lady called Mary Whitehouse who used to go on about all the sickness on TV (my school tutor was a lay CofE preacher). She was the Cassandra figure but most of it came true. She had guts but suffered immense ridicule. At that point most people turn old and jaded. I think the ultimate test of integration is the "look who's coming to dinner test". When the babies come along even the most rocklike can change. If you weren't trying to solve the problem in 1962, you were definitely the problem. Your view and that quote "there in NO solution" seems to state that the situation is unchangeable. In this belief system you would be prepared to perpetrate all kinds of injustices. To me it's an either-or: *you are the wicked one* or you just haven't thought things through. But then... Thatcher has a similar view about S. Africa. May be she was right and the world needed to move along and the Cold War to end. Now the PC have stifled the debated and those saying the harshest things are locked out. I remember a S. African saying (I'm doing the accent :) "Look, de problem wid de bleck min is he can-not share power. Innit?" HE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS. He may be trying to help but he needs to act least he shows that he is entrenched and not willing - he would then be the problem. Also any comments about my work are much appreciated. What I don't find useful is "you got a problem with the maths" where and precisely what physical concept? Is the model getting in the way of genuine understanding or experimental data? It's a cop out, no use to me and practically all I've ever had from the science establishment and the "non-establishment" and it's beginning to piss me off. I don't see any desire to discover or understand. To me it all gets phoney and I don't believe anything anyone tells me. Hence my current disdain for the admin work I have to do right now. Misquoting NWA "To a kid looking up to me, don't do science, it ain't logical nor democratic". Sorry, we can't all rap. R.
