On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 3:12:27 PM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:

The term "day", without qualification, means the synodic day, not the sidereal
day, and for a junior high school textbook to brutally confuse young students
in this manner is to be criticized. A reaction to that sort of thing is
warranted - unfortunately, Oriel is not the man to carry it out. He is rooted
in the naive perspective, which is not without value, but he lacks the
understanding to realize that the sophisticated perspective also has its place.

Gerald, of course, has no talent for perspective whatsoever, and he has admitted to this more than once over the years. The poor fellow is doomed to fail without this very important gift, so sad for him...