The Modern Forgery Hypothesis

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So if these ideas derail the small, that means the larger case can't sustain scrutiny either.

Non-sequitur.
Derailing forum discussions from one topic to another has nothing to do with the validity of one theory or another.

I will not continue arguments about forum rules.

I may argue about other points, but not now.

Well again, we will have to "agree to disagree" on these points, as we often have in our long association. I believe we two represent an almost perfect dichotomy in all things Voynich, and this may never change. But I have every right to disagree that the rules are beneficial to anyone, and that they are obviously unequally applied in my case, and that I actually never have, in my opinion, even broken those rule... while doing my best to obey them, as outlined by Tavie, Koen, and yourself. There is not much more that I can do about it, after that.

And also, as always... our differences aside... I respect your opinions and the right to hold them, and that you may, in any way, think it reflects on my personal hope we can remain friends. That is, I completely separate our strong intellectual differences on all things Voynich; while still considering you a friend. I worry, from some of your responses, that you do not share that hope.

But I am patient, and persistent, if nothing else.