"It seems like he is tolerated simply because he runs the site so he has to be but people largely go on about their business as if he isn't here. It is quite an odd dynamic. "
No that is not the reason.
Mike has spent hours studying lots of documents because even though he is not in contact with JB he still considers him innocent . Which we all understand.
you also have apparently spent hours studying the case - apparently for no reason - because you know 100% he is guilty - so what on earth is the point trying to prove something which in your world has already been proven?
The way to know whether he is guilty or the claims made by Jeremy supporters were true was to research the claims made by Jeremy supporters to see if the claims hold water. It turns out they do not. I like to argue and since there are people arguing he is innocent it is ripe for argument.
It would be nice if people would make some challenging arguments though, I am bored because of so much nonsense is often bandied about.
At best Jeremy supporters can try to use the documentary evidence to suggest there were 2 moderators in police possession. It would have been impossible to keep the moderator and other evidence attributed to Boutflour with the DB prefix because David Bird already was using such prefix so for sure the items had to be changed. These items were all changed from DB to DRB after the main testing took place already.
So the only real question is whether SBJ/1 and DB/1(renamed DRB/1) were the same or different. Evidence establishes they were the same so Jeremy dropped this argument from the legal arena and basically it is just a propaganda point used by the campaign team. If a Jeremy supporter wants to go through the motions then they should make it a debate about whether SBJ/1 and DB/1 are indeed the same as claimed.
Instead Mike refuses to admit the DB to DRB change took place and also makes up that there was a SJ/1 moderator and claims there were thus 4 different moderators. He falsely claims he saw a photo of a moderator bearing a SJ/1 label. He also suggested he saw a document showing a moderator was known as serial number 23 DRB/1 on August 30. Such nonsense pretty much makes the debate a joke and just serves to undermine any credibility in the real debate which should be over SBJ/1 and DB/1. That real debate should feature the original paperwork to demonstrate what the label said at the time of submission. Paperwork amended later is proof the amendments were made later and that it was the same moderator.
Mike doesn't engage in an objective logical review of the evidence he decides what he wants to argue and then tries to twist the evidence to fit going so far as to make up evidence that doesn't exist. Mike uses having known JB and possessing documents to garner attention. When someone keeps making things up though and distorting it makes people no longer trust them.
Long ago while debating with mike I asked why no one else posts in his threads and why he doesn't post in other threads. I was basically told people knew his claims were false and chose to demonstrate they knew his claims were false by failing to respond to them as opposed to my style of challenging them and thus giving him attention. People also said they often couldn't comprehend what Mike was even suggesting.
I have seen the same play out again and again. A small handful like lookout repeat his allegations but most ignore them. When Mike says he has documents people want to see the documents they don't want to see what mike claims the documents state. They offer to come physically help look through them or to scan them.
Mike's deceptions have achieved the opposite of what he hoped. At some point he should wake up and smell the coffee and consider changing his habits.
