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Seeing as we are discussing what he wrote, how about discussing this direct quote of his?"But it seems in the past few years that HAL, being of Carnival, and Prncess have slipped ALOT. I have not seen it first hand. ........"So, here he states he has not been on Princess or HAL in the past few years but says they have slipped ALOT. Now how would he have any way of knowing the accuracy of that sort of statement if he has not been aboard any of the ships of HAL or Princess during the time period he is discussing?If one is "just" a cruiser, a vacationer, that statement carries little or no weight to most readers. If one holds themselves out to be Professional or Expert in a given field, that statement presumably is meant to be an influence with some validity.
Seeing as we are discussing what he wrote, how about discussing this direct quote of his?
"But it seems in the past few years that HAL, being of Carnival, and Prncess have slipped ALOT. I have not seen it first hand. ........"
So, here he states he has not been on Princess or HAL in the past few years but says they have slipped ALOT. Now how would he have any way of knowing the accuracy of that sort of statement if he has not been aboard any of the ships of HAL or Princess during the time period he is discussing?
If one is "just" a cruiser, a vacationer, that statement carries little or no weight to most readers. If one holds themselves out to be Professional or Expert in a given field, that statement presumably is meant to be an influence with some validity.
