[James Willis]

Cooper – don’t be so modest – I think your comments are insightful and very helpful. And not just because I agree with them 🙂

Another thing which strikes me about the critique is the irony of his saying repeatedly that Iain could have expressed himself in a fraction of the space, while being apparently blind to the extravagant length of his own contribution and the arrogance of expecting anyone to stick with its opaque argument.

I think you will find yourself among friends here, although the frustrating thing is that the enormous scope of Iain’s material can lead discussions off in a myriad of specialist directions.