[AndrewC]

Could you specify which of my counter-arguments you regard as a "red herring", and in regard to which argument?

What part of polemics do you not understand? But,...No, it doesn't. It indicates a quarrel, which you started by denigrating my contribution, and which you continue with your usual air of faintly patronizing rhetoric.

You never told me whether your accusation that I started the quarrel was a mistake or a lie.

[donh]

You never told me whether your accusation that I started the quarrel was a mistake or a lie.

It was a mistake. Thank you for your polite, straightforward and relevant correction.