I am not suggesting that we limit the replies. Most of the witnesses who come here are not professional witnesses, even if some of them are. In my opinion, some witnesses know how to use the procedure so as to avoid providing the committees with information. Be that as it may, I don't think that the witnesses would abuse the situation. If they did, the chair could always intervene and stop them. There is no doubt that that does lead to some uncertainty when it comes to calculating the time, but I think that that disadvantage is insignificant when weighed against the possibility of being able to get real answers to our questions.
On November 13th, 2007. See this statement in context.