Agreed. I have shown him as much respect as I think he deserves.
However, be warned, your sympathies for Mr. Chandler should be tempered by knowledge of this exchange with Dr. Frank Greening, from April 2009.
This is from 911blogger.com
http://www.911blogger.com/node/20094
'FG: So, to recap: Newton’s Laws apply to the external forces acting between interacting bodies in closed systems. Newton’s 3rd Law does not apply to the internal forces causing an open-structured body to collapse in on itself.
At this point, after several scientific comments, physicist David Chandler replies to FG in such a way as to drive home the point:
DC: ********!!! Total absolute ********!!!!!!!! I can't believe I'm reading this from someone who claims to be a scientist. You get an F in my class.
FG: "Newton's 3rd Law applies to bouncing billiard balls not the interiors of collapsing buildings".
DC: You are so... so... absolutely full of ******!! …I charge $60 (USD) per hour for tutoring. I'll round this lesson off to 1 hour. Please send the check to David Chandler (address redacted).'
Do I need to emphasize how rude Mr. Chandler can be? Methinks he doth protest too much...
It's true, he has an excuse for not showing up here, but if it were not this excuse, it would be another, I suspect. He should stick to teaching physics, which I'm sure he's very experienced at, and cease his incompetent and pompous speculation. Then we could all show him some real respect.