[WSG] Tables are bad because...

[Aaron DC]

... heya all - just joined the list for interest's sake and am slowly making my way through some of the posted CSS-savvy sites. Somewhere along the way someone decided tables and in particular nested tables are a bad thing (tm) - I am curious as to the reasoning/history behind this, and the penalties I will receive when I release the new website design for my website :)   Regards, Aaron