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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nedjer" data-source="post: 5901313" data-attributes="member: 83796">The list is essentially unraveling as soon as it hits the ground, because there's a constant need to add qualifications and revisions as soon as people and their circumstances are considered on an individual basis.So much so that the validity of fixed categories is reduced to an indistinct suspicion of a nebulous problem.Which kind of presents a choice between dogmatically reinforcing the list on irrational grounds, (i.e. fear and suspicion - aka the Salem model); or scientifically finding that the current theory/ model doesn't stand-up to testing and reviewing it.A revised blueprint might start with asking what causes the broken model to break and, in the case of screening and profiling social contacts, consider similarities to this example of social screening: <a href="http://www.news.com.au/business/worklife/the-investment-banker-and-his-dating-spreadsheet/story-e6frfm9r-1226334020447" target="_blank">'OK girl, but one and done for me' - Creepy investment banker rated dates on spreadsheet | News.com.au</a></blockquote>