imho to be able to claim intellectual status one should be able to espouse balanced and opposing opinions - to see both sides of an arguement.
david marr has two opinions the first being that he is the godsend of the intellectual cadre and the second is that anyone who holds a view other than his own is as far right of ghengis khan as one can get. the drivel he recently wrote, essay on abbot, is evidence of a purely one eyed view
