"The boards are not an academic environment and as such don't require the same level of evidence to back up each and every comment."
Twaddle, if someone makes a definitive statement here (or anywhere) they need to be able to justify/support/explain that statement, especially if in the past they have posted comments that have been demonstrably incorrect.
"You should look up the meaning of myopic before you continue to accuse me of suffering from short term vision." I think you have proved the point apropos "myopic" FN.
Myopic began as a description of the condition that made people squint and was easily cured with a pair of pink cat-eye glasses, but it came to include people or plans with a lack of foresight.
(literary) if you refer to someone's views or plans as myopic, you mean they do not make intelligent, proper or careful judgments
given abbrot's past attitude to claims for non-official events, one's just got to wonder if he'll throw in a claim to attend the weddin' of christine forster.
