Philip, you wrote:
>
> The only thing that might "cause readers to change
> their minds" is that the readers will notice that
> Jon made observations that they hadn't considered,
> they may then choose to revisit those photos and
> compare Jon's observations to what they see in the
> photos, and then determine for themselves whether
> there is in fact a correspondence. Otherwise,
> Jon's background, education, expertise, etc., are
> all irrelevant to the readers' ability to make
> that simple assessment on their own.

Are you intimating that Jon has presented ideas other than those he has aired here at GHMB? For I have not found his magnified photographic images or the claims he has made about the painting of the cartouche convincing at all.

:)