On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:53:45 +0100, Paul Crowley wrote:
> On 12/04/2013 02:49, Gary wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:39:06 +0100, Paul Crowley wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/04/2013 23:26, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:53:21 -0700 (PDT), neonprose @
>>>>
gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________________________________________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>> COMPARISON OF BACON & SHAKESPEARE'S HANDWRITING ON ONE PAGE . . .
>>>>>
>>>>> <
http://www.sun-nation.org/Images/bacon-shakespeare-signature-comparison-lg.jpg>
>>>>>
>>>>> (Scroll down to see St. Alban's signature.)
>>>>
>>>> What was the point of this comparison?
>>>
>>> The point is to demonstrate to you the absurdity of
>>> your candidate.
>>>
>>> You need to be close to insane to be able to believe
>>> that the person responsible for the Stratman's scrawl
>>> was literate, let alone the Great Bard.
>>>
>>> Still, when has that ever been a problem for Strats?
>>
>> You know, Paul, I've never appreciated how talented you
>> really are - you have the ability to tell whether a person
>> is literate or not simply by looking at their signature.
>
> As I have explained to you, dozens of times,
> this is very easy to see for signatures made
> before ~1850 (often up to ~1900).
You're being too modest, Paul. It may be easy for you, but
I don't know of anyone else who can consistently tell if a
person is literate or illiterate simply by looking at their
signature - whether that signature was made in 1850 or 1950.
> Up to that
> time, the great bulk of the population was not
> educated, most had to do manual labour and
> had hard hands. Only a small proportion had
> the time or opportunity to learn to write well.
> Those few made a point of demonstrating that
> capacity.
Based on your (no doubt) extensive research, what
proportion of the population, up to that time, was able to
write well?
> The Stratman (like virtually everyone in his
> class) lacked that capacity.
Again, Paul, while I, of course, am willing to accept your
verdict on this matter, there are going to be those Doubting
Thomases who are skeptical of your amazing ability of
signature-reading.
> IF this proposition was false, then you would
> have no difficulty finding educated people who
> produced ugly or inelegant signatures. I have
> on dozens (and possibly hundreds) of occasions
> here, asked for examples of handwriting _worse_
> than that of the Stratman -- produced by an
> educated person. NO Strat has yet found one.
Big problem, Paul, buddy. You see, since you're the one
claiming to be able to tell whether a person is literate or
illiterate by looking at their signature, the onus is on you
to prove your ability.
I know it's a nuisance, but it's just the way these bloody
things work.
>> Someone or some group is going to have to put together a
>> selection of signatures - I don't know, maybe a hundred or
>> so - from literate and illiterate people.
>
> The exercise is trivial.
For you, I'm sure it will be. So hopefully you can arrange
such a test, prove your ability, get this matter out of the
way, and put the Strat case out of its misery.
Yeah, the thing is, for such a test to be effective, it
will have to include signatures from literate and illiterate
people.
> Almost anyone doing genealogical research will
> be able to show you signatures of illiterate (or
> barely-literate) people from the 19th century.
> Do a Google Image search.
Again, Paul, you don't have to convince me. As you know
your word is gold with me. It's everyone else I'm worried
about. It's a skeptical world out there, Paul.
Perhaps when your test is put together, these people doing
genealogical research will be able to provide the signatures
from illiterate people to include in the sample. Then,
bang, pow, you sort out the literate signatures from the
illiterate signatures, prove your ability, and then finish
off the Stratman.
>> I await your perfunctory passing of this test and I await
>> the passing of an era.
>
> The era has passed. It's just that there are a
> lot of walking dead (e.g. academics) who don't
> yet know it.
Well, they sure will when you pass the suggested test!
Better get to it, Paul, time's a-wastin'.
- Gary