Thank you for the reasoned post baric, that's the sort of thing that keeps me here at BAUT.

However, I disagree. I can see where things might have been interpreted differently by the different parties.

It wasn't just the use of the word "hypocrite" that prompted me to press the issue. That usually means that someone (Stern in this case) is being accused of saying one thing and doing another--which I find rare in public forum, since the record is there for all to see. Unless the perp is of low morals--and no one seems to be accusing him of that. So, there's usually a story behind the story.

From my point of view, it looks like statements of Stern were interpreted, and when his actions didn't fall into line with that interpretation, some people were surprised. Clearly, there is an alternative interpretation--one that Stern himself seems to hold.