>but I guess with the recent wave of outpouring from Marcia I was largely skipping most of it
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>I am terribly sorry if I have offended you with my recent posts.

Offended? No, there wasn't anything personal. Unless there was any expectation to take any of that at face value, but I guess you don't consider anyone here to be that naive :).

>It has been a very interesting time in American right now and I just threw out some of the headlines that I read in order to start some thoughtful conversations. Sometimes it did not work out so well and that is too bad. People should be able to disagree without being disagreeable. And I am sorry to say that I have not always followed that rule myself.

I guess you were bringing what is already offered via right wing media, think tanks and other propaganda machinery - which I already avoid (from any side), and that wasn't welcome. But we grew to know each other here over the years, so none of this came as any kind of surprise, except perhaps the intensity and fervor.

>Anyway - have a very Merry Christmas!

Ah, then we don't really know each other so well. You should have remembered that in this regard I'm in the "n/a" category. I don't have any of that, merry or otherwise. I just enjoy the quiet time when the customers aren't calling :).