[Superman]

There is nobody on my "Ignore List," but there are members here whose posts I skip or perhaps skim.

I noticed that Sniper asked for a link and vowed he would refute each assertion one-by-one. That's the same amount of intellectual curiosity that Dubya has. None. Step One: Make the final decision. Step Two: Begin to gather data for justification purposes.

Joe, one of my favorite philosophy classes was one called "Logic." In that class, we looked at deductive and inductive arguments. Obviously the former are stronger than the latter but even inductive proofs can have substantial merit. On the other hand, there are argument tactics that have no merit whatsoever and only serve to confuse and sidestep the more meritorious premises and observations. Appeal to Authority is one of those. "This guy said it, so it's true." Or "This guy has no experience, so his opinions are obviously false." When you drew the conclusion that Stijn's observations should be dismissed out of hand because his military experience fails to meet your criteria ("I rest my case you Honor"), it was your logic that failed, not his. In a hiring decision, experience is quite relevant. In a logical argument, experience has absolutely no merit or weight whatsoever. The arguments stand on their own........or not.