You said
>There is a second, more important feature of your comments.  They are
>often highly insulting, sometimes outright vicious. 
Ron, I have not insulted anybody.
All I am asking is that people think more closely about the purpose and effect
of their activities and whether there is a basic logic in their arguments.
If you find that offensive, ' tant pis'.
I have explained my purposes but you have not noticed. 
I do not need 'sources' to make an analysis.  That analysed is the source.
Terry
I must say in all truthfulness that I am appalled that the alt-photo 
list is reduced to your kind of commentary.  Eric Fienbalatt's 
initial message displays significant thoughtfulness.  It is a 
contribution to this list.   
Nasty, and sometimes insulting remarks can have the effect of silencing
particular kinds of interest.  WE WILL KNOW OURSELVES [THIS LIST] MORE BY
WHAT IS NOT [CANNOT] BE SAID, THAN BY WHAT IS SAID. 
And I ask not only you Terry, but others: why should any of us theorize
about alternative processes on this list if we must then encounter such
insults? 
Ron Silvers