[whereagles]

michael haargreaves and josh donn: as long as you two keep that silly, childish attitude of yours towards me, I'm not going to bother replying. So why don't you two do us all a favor and

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS

[jdonn]

whereagles, on May 21 2009, 01:52 PM, said:

michael haargreaves and josh donn: as long as you two keep that silly, childish attitude of yours towards me, I'm not going to bother replying. So why don't you two do us all a favor and

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS

You posted it publicly, it's everyone's business. If you don't want replies, there is this awesome private messaging option that the forums offer! But I wouldn't want to have a childish attitude, that would involve me doing silly things like disagreeing with 30 people just because I like to make a point of not learning anything.

[mikeh]

whereagles, on May 21 2009, 01:52 PM, said:

michael haargreaves and josh donn: as long as you two keep that silly, childish attitude of yours towards me, I'm not going to bother replying. So why don't you two do us all a favor and

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS

You purport to be an expert... you offer opinions that conflict with those voiced by proven experts... you attack those who disagree with you... and you do this openly. Hey, it's a public forum.. but for those who are trying to improve, it is, I hope, of value, when seeing divergent views, to understand not just what the expert choices are but also the reasons. This cannot be done properly without a criticism of divergent, eccentric views... which you tend to hold (or post, anyway) to a disproportionate degree.

I'd guess, without being bothered to do the research, that of all the posters who have, say, 500 or more posts on the bridge forums, you and Ken are the two whose views are most often at odds with the expert consensus. Ken, to give him his due, usually acknowledges that he is promoting non-standard methods. You, otoh, seem to believe that you are advocating good bridge in a standard context. You do...sometimes... heck, we've even made the same choices on occasion, and we can't both be wrong, can we? But when you are advocating something that most experts think to be incorrect, expect to be called on it.

In the meantime, if you disagree with the content of my posts... with the arguments I put forward in support of my choice, why not explain where those arguments fall flat? I have changed my mind on several methods precisely because of feedback on these forums... thus I am now willing, if I can find a partner who agrees, to rebid 1N with a stiff and to respond to 1 red, when holding gf values and 4-4 in the blacks, with 2♣ on some hands.

If you can explain to me why a 4333 hand with no Aces, and no rebid problem after opening 1minor, should be upgraded to 15-17, well... I doubt that you will persuade me because this one is so simple.. but I'd read.

You, otoh, never seem to acknowledge that you have learned anything.

[whereagles]

michael, time after time I tried to reason with you in private. You never wanted to be my friend, so why should I bother explaining anything to you?