>>>I don't know why you claim to be so confused by all of this

I posted the definition of a "slabbed chip" lifted right off the slabfree website (it is the exact same one you quote in your catalog). The chips in question do not seem to meet the definition anymore than a set of KISS chips placed in a case by the Palms and sold as a set.

>>>yet still remain so confrontational.

I honestly wish I could adequately express to some of you that this isn't my intent.

>>>You seem to want to hang on and challenge every word in The Pledge rather than to accept the spirit in which the language was drafted

The pledge isn't just a general statement against slabbing (which it doesn't define). The language is very specific. Maybe some folks will attach their name to anything, but I won't.

I expect things to be well reasoned and logical. "The pledge" is neither and I find any defense of its language rather absurd.

>>>did something about it to keep the slabbers out of our hobby .... and we won.

I have no problem with that at all and it is certainly not my intent to diminish the efforts of folks such as yourself who have brought the hobby to where it is today.

>>>Personally, (as one of the "good ole' boys") ... I support The Pledge 100%.

That's perfectly ok with me.

>>>If you don't ... so be it.

Apparently not. You are going to some trouble to explain why you think I am wrong.

>>>I'm sure that you'll probably have a problem with that club policy position taken also.

Well, it certainly begs the question which hasn't changed:

How can the club enforce a policy against "slabbed chips" without defining exactly what constitutes a "slabbed" chip?