Indeed. It did contain a non sequitur statement or two. I was stating opinion, not conducting a logical proof where every statement logically implies every othe

Indeed. It did contain a non sequitur statement or two. I was stating opinion, not conducting a logical proof where every statement logically implies every other. Hence the lack of footnotes, etc. Were I trying to set forth evidence, my post would have been very long. This isn't the sort of thing you can find out by armchair reasoning, as you might be implying. You have to actually look at the evidence. Luckily, there are piles and piles, and it's nearly all on my side.