So your whole agenda has been to tell people NOT to play his courses. That's the whole purpose behind these relentless rude attacks, to demonize Jim and brand him as something you think is bad for the game because you simply won't tolerate something a little different from your own preferences and won't broaden your mind one jot...not even after only playing ONE of his courses.
This is Ran Morrissett's North Star, his raison d'etre...a place where we - his guests - are lucky enough to talk with, and even ask questions of the greatest minds in the golf design. You just treat people here - including architects who we should be overjoyed to get to know - as a footrag, cross-examining and overlawyering them. Give it a rest, will ya? This is a place where gentlemen are supposed to have fun, unwind, and exchange ideas. You seem to think there's a scoreboard somewhere. Well your theories will win more respect if you present them more politely instead of trying to conduct depositions and serving endless interrogatories. After the way you've treated Jim on this thread and the other...why should he even bother giving you the time of day?
You wanna know why I don't participate in threads with you any more? Because for a man who incessantly demands respect and acts with such superiority, you go about seeking it with a remarkable lack of skill and tact. You need to change your Internet persona from this overbearing, dominant condescension because people don't look forward to interacting with you with much pleasure. No one likes internet trolls, so try being nicer.
I know that you could be good company if you chose, and I know you want to be liked and respected. Well you'll go a lot further if you tone down the lawyer act here and let people be who they are and free to have their own opinions.