LB- I know you were being sarcastic. My point was that I felt it was uncalled-for.
I don’t know if his words were well-founded or not since I didn’t really read either the Igros Moshe or his post in depth. But my point was that they didn’t have to be, since he made it clear that it was just his opinion, and that it didn’t affect the psak halacha in any way. He was not presuming to posken (as it seems you may have thought).
I was actuallly rather impressed by the humility with which he wrote and was slightly offended on his behalf. I realize that your post was written based on a misconception, but I felt a need to defend him and clear up the misconception. That was all.
And by the way, it is entirely possible that there are posters in the CR who have semicha. However, having semicha does not entitle one to posken.