>Michael,
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>>...I'm not leveling any personal attacks against Doug or any of the others who have expressed their reluctance to seeing things my way.
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>See my private message to you.

Hi David,

Yes, I did see your message, and I was meaning to reply, but I felt that I had to respond to some of the more public discussion that's been going on first. I do appreciate your point of view, and I would like very much to discuss it further with you, but now I think I'd better take my daughter out for a walk. It's difficult for me to respond to the accumulated replies in my buffer, and I want very much to speak to you in particular. You are very diplomatic, and I pay a lot of attention to what you have to say. Some of what I want to say in reply to you lies scattered in my replies to others, but I know that's not enough. We've got some serious differences, and I want to discuss them in any venue that suits you. I don't hold any hard feelings about your criticisms, and I hope you will continue to offer your advice, which I know is well intentioned and is received in that spirit.

Mike