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>>This is a public forum, I do my best not to use
>>profanity or expletive, if "crass imbecile" is too
>>strong for you, then I apologize.
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Not too strong.... but what was "crass" what what I said? And where does the "imbecile" part come in? You are right -- this is a public forum. And that's why you owe me a public answer on this.

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>>I note that my post did not name you specifically
>>(though one could argue that it would not take a
>>determined individual long to find the relevant
>>message - though one might wonder why someone might
>>be motivated to do such a thing)
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I don't buy that as a reason that I shouldn't care about your comments.

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>>but that you have specifically addressed me
>> as "a disgrace to this forum".
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You're right -- I spoke in haste, out of defensiveness and anger. I shouldn't have said that and you have my apology for it. What I should have said -- and what I do in fact stand by -- is that a response like that was a disgrace.

In fact, you haven't yet answered my point -- the fact that I said that anecdotes are not facts, and did not refer to others by name, makes me a "crass imbecile?" Please elaborate! I did not provide names because that, in fact, seemed to be in bad form. And I stand by my original statement, that I hate these kinds of threads because people end up presenting anecdote as fact, and anyone lurking and watching should be a bit cautious in intepreting these things.


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>>Personally I love freedom of speech, and you are entitled
>>to your opinion, it's a shame you do not point out above
>>that you are expressing an opinion, or perhaps it is one
>>of those facts you were referring to.
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This feels to me like you are attempting a witty digression from my "anecdote as fact" comment.... but I don't get qhat you are saying. As for stating that things are my opinion, I did in fact start my post with "this is why I hate these types of threads...." (or something real close) -- which implies opinion.

Houston, have I done something else at some point to offend you? I am a little confused -- see all the paragraphs above for a detailed list of my confusions.