Menen
With regard to your comment on Amos2, it brings to mind an old adage:
Those that do not heed the lessons of the past, are doomed to repeat them
Whatever your beliefs on the quality his work, if the dissemination of safety lessons like those listed in Mac's books to all current and wannabe pilots, results in the saving of ONE life, then his writings have a value beyond measure.
I wouldn't be so quick with giving him the "flick" if I was you Amos.