[Mathew]

KOC

I sympathaize with your belief that HK's on-plane ideas are good enough to "hang one's hat on" (to use Mike's phrase). That's where my hat is personally hanging at the present time. When I introduced this thread, I was simply comparing HK's plane theory to another plane theory (Hank Haney's). I never stated that I had sympathy for Haney's plane theory, or any other non-HK plane theory. I simply thought that this forum was a suitable forum for serious intellectual discussions regarding golf swing theory (TGM swing theory in relatiionship to other swing theories). However, there is a subgroup of forum members who don't like to see anyone question HK's swing theories. They remind me of the radical Islamicists, who want to issue a fatwa on anyone who questions, or lampoons, their beliefs (eg. Salmon Rushdie or a Danish cartoonist). However, this is supposed to be an intellectually-sympathetic forum for the free expression of serious, but different, opinions regarding golf swing theory. Or isn't it? Are you arguing that only posts that idolise HK, and all his swing theories, should be allowed? I agree with you that HK's book may "offer the most", but it is not the Koran.

Jeff.

There is usually 2 topics best left out of forums - religion and politics. You managed to include both with the same example. It is true that comparing people to others is a suitable effect when you wish to.

Recently there was a thread where some professional was shooting a video, a bird was squawking and he shot a couple of golf balls to scare it away and hit/killed a bird and someone on here was calling for him to get jail time for the pampered athlete...etc. Now I hate animal rights protest movements and I basically used an analogy of Hitler. The effect was to be overly extreme because I personally can't abide anyone with that kind of anti-humanist mentality, and if I annoyed him in the process that was fine.

However I am curious as to the nature of your comment. As an arguement it is rational enough but seems contradictory to the deliberate effect of annoying those to whom it is aimed at if you were serious about your claims. Just don't understand the purpose of the post as the reference nullifies the arguement and the arguement nullifies the effect to those that is aimed at.