[mjburgess]

I err towards saying that this isn't quite the full story, and the people involved are reasonable and sensitive to issues we aren't privy to.

If not, then it seems that academia has jumped the shark. It was fine, in their own worlds, for academics to turn themselves into reverent peal-clutching guests of the King, pathologically afraid of disputation, insult and offence (or, how extreme: challenging students).

But the world isnt theres...