Jeff Brauer,
There is great irony in you implying that TM and I ought to be concerned about "slander" (I think you mean "libel" which is written, as compared to "slander" which is spoken.) TEPaul has repeatedly defamed me and TM, and many of his lies have been libel per se. For god's sake, the man falsely and repeatedly accused me of being involved in a capital crime and of giving up the practice of law to avoid disciplinary action! I would be hard pressed to come up with a more clear cut case libel per se than that! I am shocked and dismayed that he was ever allowed to return to the website after the garbage spewed on these pages. In contrast, so far as I know, TM and myself have not only tried to stick to the facts, we've tried to stick to the facts relevant to our discussion. And there is nothing actionable about point out someone's repeated pattern of concealing, misunderstanding, and misrepresenting those facts.
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Rich Goodale,
Whatever term you choose or prefer, key content from the source material seems to have been altered, changed, misrepresented, deleted, whatever. And TEPaul has offered no viable explanation. But at this point it doesn't matter to me whether he did this on purpose or whether it has all been accidental, with all the "mistakes" just happening to come out in TEPaul's favor. The point is, we cannot rely on what TEPaul and Wayne have told us about the source material, we need to see it ourselves. This would be true if it were you or me making claims about material that is being concealed but, admittedly, it is even more so given TEPaul and Wayne's proven track record of misunderstanding, misrepresenting, and concealing key elements of the source material.
And the problem will not work itself out so long as the source material is being concealed. Why else would they be concealing it?
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To All:
I am a bit perplexed by TEPaul's latest effort to sweep all of his past behavior under the rug, and even more perplexed with Ran's apparent acquiescence to TEPaul's latest plan to shut up those that disagree with him. Keep in mind that TEPaul and Wayne hold the key to ending all of this nonsense. They are the ones who have tried for the past year or so to use the old records to attack to bolster their position and to try to attack me, my essay, and everyone else who might disagree with them. They are the ones who have given us many different versions of what is supposed to be a direct transcription of the source material. They are the ones who keep changing the dates and what things say and don't say (the Cuyler letters for example.) They are the ones who have demanded we accept their representations as fact and have refused to have their arguments vetted or verified.
In short, they are the ones who have played and continue to play games with the source material, and the ones responsible for where we are today. And they are the ones who can stop the nonsense by allowing us to vet and verify their arguments. And the sooner they stop playing games, the sooner we can move on to something more positive and interesting. , like Part II of my essay and a detailed discussion of the lasting impact M&W had on the golf course.
As for my part, I am trying to keep things positive and moving forward, and to generally ignore TEPaul, but I will continue to respond when necessary, such as my post above, where I countered his ridiculous yet repeated claims that I should have gone to Merion, despite his and Wayne's tireless efforts to convince me that Merion wanted nothing to do with me.