[subterfuge]

So you want me to help you understand that "I consider them the same thing" and "they are the same thing" are virtually the same statement?

Come on Petronski, you're pretty well known here and you seem to be determined to make yourself look kind of foolish. Oh, and could you spell check this for me?

[Petronski]

...are virtually the same statement...

I rest my case.

[alnick]

So you want me to help you understand that "I consider them the same thing" and "they are the same thing" are virtually the same statement?

That would be quite an accomplishment since they are very different.

I consider them = it is my opinion

They are = it is a fact