"DSK" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:
You really don't understand the difference between a charity and these
associations, do you, Doug.

Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Obviously you feel the need for an ad hominem
attack at this point.

You obviously don't understand the meaning of "ad hominem attack" either.
Dave is debating your points, not name-calling.


Uh huh. So let's quibble over terminology. They represent a group of
people and the leaders *are* members of that group themselves.

And both organizations have leaders vested with strong political objectives.
The political agendas of such organizations cannot be overlooked simply
because they provide some publicly beneficial activities and services.


... But in fact they generate much of their revenue by providing
vendors of various goods and services with access to their members

Yep. It's called "advertising." The Republican Party does rather a lot of
it these days.

. . . and the Democratic Party doesn't????? You certainly wear some rather
one-sided blinders, Doug.


.... and
further in substantial part the interests of their professional managers
rather than the interests of their members.

I disagree that the AMA does this, Dave. The paid managers of professional
organizations are hired by the membership, and would be fired if they didn't
absolutely represent the membership's interests to the letter. As for the
AARP, I suspect what you say is true, at least that's been my observation.

Does every law firm consist totally and solely of lawyers? Does no law
firm (or any association of lawyers) ever ever hire a secretary to do the
filing & telephoning, or an accountant to handle the money? The company I
work for (sort of) has a lot of people who are not engineers, should it
not be allowed to call itself an engineering company?

Apples--oranges. Hardly the same thing.

Not a red herring at all. More ad hominem, eh Dave?

Not even close. Did he call you a left-wing wacko? THAT is an ad hominem,
and that's my job now, thanks to you refusing to give up your ad hominems
directed at me. I have to admit that it's easier this way, throwing
sophomoric shots at each other. It doesn't take mental gymnastics to avoid
a debate by name-calling in lieu thereof.

Max