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You took his assertion to mean that he "can't support" his allegation. He's been around long enough to take him at his word.

That means nothing. One can be mistaken or one can be lying. Recently, a guy that signed up in 1999 took my post to task and said it was false and if I had read the previous threads I would know what I was talking about.

Another poster came to my aid and showed that in the previous threads, he had participated in ONE with two meaningless posts while I had posted 136 times on ALL threads.

Bottom line - I take noones word if I believe it to be biased based on his agenda. If he is going to post it, he better be able to back it up or go home.

Thank you for your additional reply!

I take noones word if I believe it to be biased based on his agenda. If he is going to post it, he better be able to back it up or go home.

I am one of those around here who keeps exhaustive archives and is more than happy to do additional research and back up anything I assert. I also tend to do the same for others who ask or who I suspect may be having difficulty locating an article which I recognize.

Ichneumon is notoriously of the same discipline wrt research. However, either of us are just as likely to bury a thread with sources - so we broach such posts cautiously.

But not all Freepers or Lurkers keep such exhaustive archives and asking everyone to post a source may be burdensome. If sources become a "horn of contention" in future discussion, I'll be glad to help if I can.