Wrong again! You just don't like to admit when you are wrong; so you throw up (!) a red herring.
Don't start resorting to nonsense again.
It is a fact that a self-confident person will usually act according to his own criteria. A person who lacks self-confidence will either do nothing or follow somebody else's example.
Is that why you are so besotted with following Shaker's advice?
It has obviously escaped your limited notice, that I simply agree with most of what Shaker says ... in the same way that I disagree with most of what you say. That is a far cry from being besotted with following Shaker's advice
Try to keep up.
In cricket terms: caught on the back-foot there. Anybody who agrees with most of what Shaker says, ought to stop and do a bit of thinking for himself.
I know it's difficult to believe that I have any bias, but where I do have a bias is that I loathe and detest cricket, I have no respect of its mainly gamesmanship tendencies to what should sport, I am very well aware of my bias and have to laugh at myself when I keep finding another one of the many reasons there are to dislike this relatively minor sport compered to plenty of other real sports.
I get laughed at by family and friends for this relatively minor fault of mine, I have to laugh with them and enjoy it, B A, I'm sure you can add to the unwarranted derision I 'm made to suffer.
Recognition of bias it's not that difficult.
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