Ed, I have no idea what you are saying. I don't want to respond to this without some clarity, to be fair.

>I don't understand your first question. It could be simple defensive reaction, but I am unsure.
>Second question could be plainly dismissed because it is not your business, but I am still ready to extend credit to you. You come from different upbringing, i.e. you had luxury to cut slack to people not deserving it, partially because it did not affect you personally, and, also, it made you feel better about the world. This niche gets narrower everyday. I am sorry that I have to break truth to you, i.e. I know that truth hurts; and you may take easy route by repeating something "what the hell..." and so on. My situation is not the same as yours, and it should not be the same. For some reason (good or bad, whatever) I got more experience with narrower situations. It may partially answer your question.
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>>Ummmmm....OK. Two questions come to mind - Why is is a dream world and, second, if so, what the hell are you doing living in it?
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>>>You live in a dream world, John; i.e. it is not your fault, America was a dream country for very long time; and it is tough to accept that the dream is over.
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>>>>Friends!
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>>>>Apparently I misfiled my original post into a VFP forum ... ooops.
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>>>>But let's bicker over view points. Tore's a good guy as is Mike as everyone is. We just have differnt viewpoints and some of us are overly passionate about them.
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>>>>>I already told you that your idea about being offended in this thread is a bogus. It is plain unsupportable by evidence. Actually, your way of throwing false accusation could be perceived as offensive, but I am not so thin-skinned. I may give you a point that you could be offended by the initial message posted by John, though it would be a stretch because you didn't vote in US elections; but, anyway, it would not be fair to hold me responsible for other person message.
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>>>>>>When it comes to being offensive, you are in a different league than the other members here. Or is it only against me, for whatever reason?
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>>>>>>>If you don't want to get any replies from me then use twit filter. It is simple and does not require any cheap public plays. At the same time I have full right to ask any questions addressed to any poster on this forum. It is fine as long as I comply with UT Terms of Service; no additional rules.
>>>>>>>I think it is quite indicative how differently you reacted to my question and to the same (literally) questions coming from other members.
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>>>>>>>>Please try to undersatnd what I try to say Here. When I wrote "comment" I meant "other facts", which again refers to messages and threads which are months old. I never added any "facts" in THIS thread, and I never wrote that I did.
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>>>>>>>>My postings in this thread have been one comment (to Sergey) and a few replies to postings addressed to me. You jumped into this thread and implied that I had written something which I had clearly not written, and asked me to defend it. You have no right to ask ANYTHING from me, period. Please accept my wish to NOT get any more replies from you, unless you realize that you got this all wrong from the start.
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>>>>>>>>NB! To be honest, you and I agree on more than you may believe, but I don't try to push my POVs down other people's throat. Everyone has the right to mean and say whatever they want without getting bullied with. And nobody, except politicians, can be forced to justify their words.
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