> this sort of thing ... gets shut down quickly today That seems to confirm my belief that if that was the idea behind it, the attribute "dubious" is anachroni

> this sort of thing ... gets shut down quickly today That seems to confirm my belief that if that was the idea behind it, the attribute "dubious" is anachronistic, i.e. appearing to be so only when observed out of the context of that time, as if it would happen now.