I have been reading these exchanges today with increasing exasperation.
While I acknowledge that anyone who feels slighted by a personal comment in
this forum has every right to defend themselves, this seems to be devolving
into petty bickering. Could we please return to a discussion of the issues
at hand? I might not contribute much, but I read every post, and consider
this list an invaluable forum.

Scott Kenney

-----Original Message-----
From: John Woodgate [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 17 July 2003 15:48
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Stonehenge Moat Hypothesis


Paul Barford <[log in to unmask]> wrote (in <00ef01c34c62$754ea460$200
a63d9@Standard>) about 'Stonehenge Moat Hypothesis', on Thu, 17 Jul
2003:
>John Woodgate writes:
>> That is beyond provocative; you are misrepresenting my position,
>
>I do not think so since you are making a value judgement on the relative
>virtues of four speculations when I suggest that the same premises can be
>applied to them all. I really do suspect you are still missing the point
>about the way we construct and test interpretations.
>
Mr. Barford, you accused me of 'ruling out the possibility'. These are
your words, and my response.

QUOTE
 why are you
>so adamant to rule out the possibility and on what grounds can you do so?


That is beyond provocative; you are misrepresenting my position, which I
think is quite clear. I wrote:

 I don't know the probability of the moat hypothesis being true, but it
is obviously much higher than those of LGM or Merlin.

Note 'probability is obviously much higher'. I did not rule out
anything.

UNQUOTE.

I will add nothing. Our readers can decide for themselves.
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