... nor have I ever posted what I do is right and someone else is wrong.

It's only the metod of how you explained you used cleaning agents such as oils and sandpapers to remove burns (or whatever) that I've commented on; and that comment was that you were removing part of the material by doing so and that was damaging the original chip.

Regarding the Gallop Poll figures; it was (on the day of the post) on C-Span.

JB