> Malcolm is not automatically a hypocrite by suggesting most people work in different circumstances from himself. Perhaps not, but he also doesn't speak from

> Malcolm is not automatically a hypocrite by suggesting most people work in different circumstances from himself. Perhaps not, but he also doesn't speak from a position of authority or experience, then, and maybe shouldn't act as such. If asked, saying something like "I can't really say one way or another, I've been writing on my own for years, not as part of a team" would have been better than what he chose to say instead.