You are indeed an idiot, your the type that has to run to your "pals" and have to tell them what someone else said in a quest to make yourself look bad.
When your talking about Req your ARE talking about the swordmanship when it comes to a sword, as its the level of swordmanship that would allow you or not to use the sword fully.
And if you READ the threads, you would have seen swordmanship WAS talked about. Dont sit there and try to be clever it doesnt work, I asked you a few times to say what swordmanship said, as you said it doesnt matter you would only do the max damage the sword had when I said more swordmanship better damage, but no you said no and was adamant about it.
So take your own advice and READ through the posts and not read what you THINK you read.
Oh and you also SAID, that health+ bonuses while in stance only are on shields, your wrong there also.
Http://www.vwaskar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fun/gw002.jpg
As you can see I have a low level 5 Ebon Hammer, its great for its health bonuses, Until I find something better. Avg damage I do with this (since im at Sanctum Cay) is about 40dmg with 12 Hammer skill, some monsters take more dmg than the White Mantel guys so I used an avg dmg amount.
I wonder if you gave them the link to this thread also, instead of just telling them what was said, since your intepretation leaves alot to be desired.