Ha Ha. It looks like you got me. Painful byprodut of doing some work and trying to tease the kitty at the same time. I must say, though, you do seem to have a bit of talent for cross-examination. If I had seen that side of you before, I might have suggested a career working in a prosecutors office.
At any rate, I guess your point is that nearly everything we hear, including what we read in this blog, is hearsay, so that we should just disregard it all. If that is true, then why are you here? I think what I said in my initial post is correct, and for your own sake, I hope you don't get a job at the PTO.
You clearly have no idea what hearsay is.
When you read an opinion that is expressed by the opinion holder, that is not hearsay. Additionally, a description of facts by a person purporting to have first-hand knowledge of said facts is not hearsay, even when the description is incorrect. Additionally, questions are not hearsay. These three types of statements make up a majority of what is posted on any forum, arguably an overwhelming majority. Thus your statement "nearly everything we hear, including what we read in this blog, is hearsay" is simply incorrect.
Using the post above mine as an example:
"The deadline was yesterday." - description of fact by a person purporting to have first-hand knowledge, and thus not hearsay.
"My opinion is the deadline should have been yesterday." - Opinion; not hearsay.
"Do you know when the deadline is?" - Question; not hearsay.
"Jane told me she saw a poster which indicated the deadline was yesterday." - hearsay as to the fact that the deadline was yesterday, and hearsay as to the existence of the poster; not hearsay as to the fact that Jane made the statement.
