Scott Creighton wrote:

> SC: By placing his hat into the dirty ring, the man knew
> exactly what he was doing and what he would have to do to get
> what he wanted.

Another product of your mystical insight?

What he had to do in fact does not include anything and everything you make up (such as, violence, intimidation and threats of eviction which never happened).

Facts not good enough for you?

> SC: That you are happy to take the word of Tricky Dicky on
> 'faith' is entirely your business.

That this is a matter of taking someone’s “word” or taking something on “faith” is your fabrication. The case against the forgery fantasia has never depended on imagining that Vyse was a plaster saint. It’s far more a matter of recognising the checks and balances inherent in the situation.

> Would I accept the word of a person who can suspend their
> morality whenever it suits them to do so?

That’s entirely your business.

M.