[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by Miticis

Interesting.

Aren't we all here to be students? To learn from one another?

Some maybe here to learn. Others are here to blatantly post their experience. Others just like to post and talk with people. And others, desire to stimulate those who may not always explain themselves in details.

Originally Posted by Miticis

I ask, how is it that anybody can trust the merits posted on a forum when it is so very unlikely any of those merits can be backed up?

You caught on to some of this thread.

Originally Posted by Miticis

It is by what is said that we take our proof and invest faith. If somebody doesn't believe in justifying their experience on a thread for all to see, is it possible it is in an attempt to avoid being a braggart?

Wow. I didn't think of this as one of the points of the thread. Thanks-Kudos!

Originally Posted by Miticis

This is the very first response I had to that thread about experience "isn't that quaint, it’s a belt measuring contest."

Yeah, it is also "Your post (s) sucks cause you didn't list your experience"

Originally Posted by Miticis

Does it fit within the tenants of martial arts to self-promote so flagrantly?

You have read the article of the thread.

Originally Posted by Miticis

I don't presume to defend MM47, he has annoyed me at times, but why does there need to be such tenacity from others trying to exploit the niche in his reasoning?

Because I dare to be diffeent. And different is always challenged.

Originally Posted by Miticis

Give the buzzard a break, in alienating him, we all risk losing a resource of interesting information and stimulating conversation.

Another part of the thread you had understood

Also to mention, Buzzards clean up unwanted waste.