Ok clearly my effort is wasted on you. You are not even reading what I'm saying. So just a couple quick points: 1) Just because someone discloses something doe

Ok clearly my effort is wasted on you. You are not even reading what I'm saying. So just a couple quick points: 1) Just because someone discloses something doesn't make it ethical / not shilling. 2) I (and others) are not just calling Friedman a hack and leaving it at that as you seem to insist we are. We are calling him a hack and backing it up with evidence -- as I have said repeatedly, and I have pointed you to the evidence. It absolutely does have a place in rational dialogue. You pay lip service to being interested in discussion, but your behavior indicates you are not at all interested as I have attempted to engage you repeatedly and you pay it no heed whatsoever.