Wallylutz, when you categorically state that Midori Ito is the only woman who has ever had a "real" 3A (post #13), it is not unreasonable that some may interpret your statements as implying that all other women's 3As are not real, i.e. fake. Though, given the context of this discussion, I assume what you meant is that other women's 3As are simply 3A< or 3A<<.
Fake also has the pejorative meaning of deception, liar and all those negative connotation built into it. It is such a strong word that carries more emotions than I tried to convey and a term that I clearly didn't use. I object someone else put words in my mouth. Re: Mao's 3A, I have clearly stated my view on that jump and I am not going to change my mind. Feel free to disagree all you want, no amount of arguing will change the fact the vast majority of judges feel the same way seeing how often she gets negative GOE even when the technical panel doesn't give it a < or <<. So there is no point to keep beating the same dead horse, let's agree to disagree.