Lord Baron, I only figured and posted the percentages because the original points and arguments here, as well as several that have followed, insisted on using comparisons to 2001 as proof of the slide. Those comparisons do not, however, prove there has been a slide, or that one is continuing. But I am not pointing out this reality in an effort to prove that there have been no cuts. Believe it or not, I am trying to keep us FOCUSED on what the real issues are, and what the real proof is.
What is the real issue? As you said, hours have been cut since 1998. But if those who feel this is truly an issue want to make that point to others, they have no hope of successfully communicating this valid point using false evidence.
Let's say, for example, that the sky truly was falling, and I were the only one who knew it. Would it do any good for me to tell you it were falling if the proof I chose to make my argument was an acorn that fell on my head? (pause for processing....)
What if I had real proof, but packaged it with the acorn proof? Certainly you would question the validity of any proof I presented if I were capable of letting an acorn convice me.
So when if I make an effort to debunk the evidence behind an argument, it is not necessarily because I disagree with the main point, only that I want to remain FOCUSED on the real issue, and the real proof behind that issue.
I don't want E-nights back. E-nights were annoying. I want the park to be fully open til midnight during Peak times without it costing me an extra $10 a head.
I agree. (But isn't it $12?)