>I have already violated my pledge not to get into it on the hot button threads. I give myself a mulligan in replying to a reply you posted to me.
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>Mike, I am really not trying to get at you, but it seems to me that you are constantly "violating pledges" of one sort or another all the time. Why don't you do yourself a big favor and not make such pledges until you are certain that you can be good on your word?

That's good advice. If I know I can be impulsive, which I do, it's kind of silly to make pledges or promises.

So no pledges. Let's say I am going to make the effort. What is the point of spending my discretionary time arguing with people?