Personally, I don't see a war on books here, or even academics, for that matter. I think a comment or two got misinterpreted several threads below this one and it kind of snowballed.

There's nothing that's been said within this forum that will keep me from continuing to read books on things I want to learn about. From a newbie's standpoint, we need books. We need caresheets. But like you said, it's up to us as to what we apply & how we apply it, period.

Like I've said before, I can pretty much go either way; I can dig into the academic/scientific aspect just as easy as I can the keeper aspect. I try to maintain footing on the keeper side of the fence since it's aspect that got me here.

With that said, and kept in mind, the way I see it is I do see a slight divide, but I'll stop just short of calling it an all out war.

Those of us that have only been here for a year or so don't know all the background/history of this forum & it's members. I've just about got a handle on it from reading the archives. What happens, in my humble opinion, is that someone with from the past will post in a bit of testy, hasty manner to something that FR says. This person (no specific individual) is usually of the academic/scientific aspect, therefore their post is sometimes considered to be academic/scientific against keeper. However, that's not entirely so.

I've seen the same people respond differently to other members, in a very polite, informative and effective way. So, I think sometimes it's personal between two people but it appears to be a war of the aspects. This can create a feeding frenzy among newer members that don't know about the past.

Dang, I've already typed more than I wanted to and I hope I didn't carry this thread in the wrong direction. Frank, you know how to get it back on track if I got it off. I just thought I'd share my viewpoint of how things could be misinterpreted as a war on book, academics and/or science.

As far as books go, I'm a tough critic of 'em. I've read many books on many subjects and I've yet to find a single book that had it down pat. Just go to show that we're all human and we all have our own opinions, just make sure they're your own opinion & not that of someone else's.

Have a great day!
Mike
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