Hey Russell2, just a quick note:

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This would prevent erroneous arguments like RAZD's claim that mutations have been accurately counted and categorized, so we can clearly see why there is a preference for 'neutral'.
This is another one of CTD's repeated false interpretations of what I said. I said that we can accurately measure mutations, and we find that they fall across the spectrum from beneficial to deleterious.

His emphasis on accurately counted and categorized misrepresents this position by overstating it.

Curiously we do not need to count every mutation, and categorize every mutation, in order to show that some are beneficial, some are deleterious, some are neutral. Nor do we need to count every mutation to show the pattern of distribution within a population of those that are known.

Curiously the ones that are hardest to count are the neutral ones ...

Enjoy.