Pseuds Corner

In brief, it's empty speculation, pure personal opinion, masquerading as fact. To say that one thing 'signifies' or 'demonstrates' another in this kind of writing gives the impression that something interesting about the world has been said, but the world doesn't come into it. If the author had gone out into the world and done a survey, or counted things, or taken pictures and analysed their content, it would be a different story. But they didn't.

So who wants to? This is serious, not just trying to antagonise! If someone wants to set the record straight I'm more than happy to put something in the next issue...