Hello DWA,
You shouldn't be so quick to short-sight that post because it's a good one. I makes me think that you're in fact the one not thinking here. The issue is really one in which who cares what science thinks about this subject. Of course that would make about 8,000 of your posts rather moot so perhaps that's not the way to put it. Maybe your efforts on the soapbox might be better focused if you went after the group that TELLS science to ignore Sasquatch.
One thing has always been true when it comes to power and that is the practice of ignoring anything that will dry up the flow of money whether it be environmental pollution, genocide, or any number of other circumstances that would hinder the steady flow of wealth.. If one controls a body of investigators and something comes along that could inflict a situation that chokes off the money train then pressuring the investigators to look the other way until the money choke hold is dealt with seems perfectly logical.
Yeah. That's what you should be harping on. Bashing science is only bashing a symptom. It's not addressing the malady. IMHO beating up on scientists and members who "are really not thinking about this much" only covers up the fact that you yourself are not. It isn't the scientists- it's the thumb that's pressing down on them. Haven't you ever wondered why in all of my threads I never dis science? It's because as far as Sasquatch goes it's all under control which effectively relegates science to the level of small potatoes.
There, that's the serious alternative you were looking for. Hook the big fish in the pond and the little fish will be free..... to look for bigfoot.