(March 2, 2012 at 1:16 pm)Rhythm Wrote: So did L. Ron Hubbard (who was also a prolific writer). There's nothing simplistic or shallow about "summing it up", there have been far too many quacks and conmen in our history to deal with each individually as though their claims were worthwhile.
I'm not asking anyone to deal with each individually. That would place too much burden. But to take one piece out of a large body of work and say "that sums it up" strikes me as flippant and reductive.
This is an introduction to let any interested party know where I'm coming from. Then when I post you can place my comments within a context.