Useless degrees

Well, actually, Nigel since you started it: I've always taken exception to your avatar. Why you would choose one that clearly celebrates the activities of the Israeli army, parachuting in to a defenceless Palestinian refugee camp to bring death and misery to an oppressed people is beyond me. You're entitled, I suppose, to your rabid Zionist views but must you declare them in this grotesque way every time you post one of your otherwise apparently sane and well thought out contributions. Well?

B-b-but! It's a five-pointed star, symbol of the Ottoman empire, not a six-pointed star of David. It symbolises me parachuting myself onto a comfortable ottoman.