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Final-Fan said:
SuaveSocialist said:

I'm not the arbiter of what people think and neither are you.  If you are upset that news organizations record verifiable information to a different standard than you'd like, that is your problem, not mine.  I stand by my vetted figure but will gladly change it if a new standard dictates how information is reported.  Call it "18 separate incidents involving unlawful discharge of firearms on the property of education centres in America" if it really means so much to you.  My original context remains unchanged, and everything I've claimed has been independently verified.  

is therefore, in my eyes, 

Your eyes are not the arbiter of the way things are and neither are mine. 

"If you are upset that news organizations record verifiable information to a different standard than you'd like, that is your problem, not mine.  I stand by my vetted figure but will gladly change it if a new standard dictates how information is reported."  --Literally a segment that you responded to.

I am guessing that you missed that important part, considering you relied on "your eyes" instead of a standard for reporting.