From DAVID FISHER
Perhaps Peter Nelson (Letters, 23 November) did not hear that the plans
of the world’s most powerful leader were once controlled by a chintzy astrologer,
or that American ‘intelligence’ agencies wasted a large amount of public
money on ‘paranormal warfare’. He is probably equally philosophical about
attempts to give equal school-time to creationism, or about the sale of
excrement to AIDS victims (as an ‘alternative’ medical cure). I expect a
philosopher could easily be found who could justify these excesses. On the
other hand, I find that the various sceptics organisations are not militant
enough.
David Fisher Cardiff, Wales
