. . . declared "Seeing is believing." This is what's known as the Splitting the Difference School of Philosophy. In other words, if a writer pompously declares that he believes every position in an argument or debate--including such polar opposite stances as presented above--to be factual, he has faith that such lazy, faulty reasoning leaves him in a no-lose position. As continually exposed in this AESOP & SON series, the goal of such posers as Aesop is to turn every discussion into a draw, like an endless world chess championship tournament. Though the specific sophomoric example highlighted here is from Aesop's Fable of THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, each of the other over-rated fables contain similar lapses in judgment. Fortunately, Aesop lived prior to the age of American television and social media. Otherwise, this joker would be a leading candidate for the U. S. Presidency Today.