[Jeff]

Yodas Luke

You wrote with respect to Yoda-: "he is the judge and the jury."

That is correct. However, my affection for Yoda, and my presence on this website, is predicated on the belief that Yoda will be a wise and fair judge and that he will not be prejudiced to such a degree that he would censor a forum member's sincere opinions. As long as Yoda adheres to that high standard, I have no reason to seek another golf website, like the one run by the "Italian Stallion" who will not tolerate anyone questioning his "high priest" wisdom.

You also stated that as a Senior Instructor, you have the responsibility for this site's contents and that you also have the right to criticise my posts. That is correct. I have forthrightly stated that I eagerly seek insightful criticism that will strenuously test the legitimacy of my opinions regarding the golf swing. The only way that I can know whether my ideas are solid is to test them for their falsifiability factor in an open forum. If my ideas can be easily falsified, then I obviously need to modify them to make them more "true".

My only objection to criticism is when it is targeted at me in an ad hominem way, and where the tone of the posts is very demeaning/belittling. I may be stupid and often wrong, but I am sincerely trying to seek the "truth". I may appear arrogant and bombastic when I argue passionately for the "truth" of my personal opinions, but I do not indulge in ad hominem attacks. If you look at the contents of my posts, they are very targeted at arguing about the issues - even if you think that my arguments are wrong-headed. If forum members thinks that my arguments are illogical, they simply have to provide a counterargument that demonstrates my lack of insight. They don't have to add supplementary belittling remarks.

I did presume that you regarded my posts as verbal defecation, which is the chief reason why I became sufficiently invoked to respond to your posts. I accept your "corrective" explanation, and I am willing to move on without harboring any grudges. I don't know you personally, and I have every reason to believe that you are a very nice person, who I would very much like to meet someday.

Jeff.