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On Jul 9, 7:38=A0pm, Matt B  wrote: > I've said in these RfD threads that I believe it was created under false > pretences. =A0It's creation was encouraged and aided and abetted by those > who created problems in URC; using the trumped-up excuse that it was > outsiders who had ruined that group. =A0They needed somewhere to escape > from the problems that they themselves had caused, and offering the > comfort that the hatches could be battened down against outsiders > bringing robust and evidence-based challenges to many of the long > standing myths that had morphed into "facts" in the old group.

I wonder who in particular you're thinking of there :-) Spot on though.

BTW sorry I never replied to your question to me on the "No Chance of a Child Running Out?" URCM thread...I tried 5 or 6 times, but each post was rejected (as you may have seen)...you know what it's like. They had it in for me for daring to start the thread, and they weren't going to let me off lightly. In other words, the usual petty personalised nonsense from our esteemed Guardians Against Inconvenient Truths (sorry, "moderators").