[lugsoul]

Someone who claims that the identity of the speaker is pertinent to the value, or lack thereof, of the words spoken is calling others ignorant. Poignant.

Is every statement made by someone whose political views differ radically from your somehow invalid? Or do you reserve that for socialists who are also avowed agnostics?

And do Russell's socio-political views also detract from his work on physics? How about those socialists who worked on the Manhattan Project? Are the calculations invalid because of their political views?

Yes, your statement remains as stupid as it was the first time you said it, and you have nothing with which to respond other than juvenile insults. Weak.

[muawiyah]

Taking one statement out of the context of a lifetime's work pitching dross does not make that statement superior to the dross.

Writers have reputations that reflect, to a degree, their readers ~ folks who read only porn, for example, give us some understanding of the character of the writer.