Did you ever see much of Peter in action, Snapback? He certainly isn't completely responsible for where we are now, no one person or even group of people are, but if one chooses to point fingers relative to Poet, he's as good a place to start as any.
And your quoted language on your other recent post about Geoff Taylor's comments on Peter stepping down, I'll just say you've got to be kidding about proferring that quote for any substantive value.