Roger
I had not seen your post (#17), and if I had I would have not have written my post (#18) as it would have been unnecessary as your #17 addressed the personal attacks I felt you had unreasonably launched on Tomw. I believe that he has acted in good faith.
My post was a direct response to post #10, and without the knowledge of your later post .
So when I read your #20, I went back and found your #17.
They do teach a slightly different English over here, but not that different.
If this is a socialist country, then no-one has told me. Last I looked, it was one of the most stable democracies in the world, and how that got dragged in I don't understand.
In #10, you barely addressed anything other than your pet ID. rants, in #17 yes you do directly address the issues that concern the board.
You said #20 "I feel more respect for Tom than you could possibly understand.".... It's good to see that you now feel this way, in #10, you accorded him no respect at all.
You say "Yep, I'm a trite, intolerant and opinionated American. Tell me something I don't already know. Heck I'm also an eater of animal flesh, an atheist and maybe worst of all a liberal"..ok You seem to feel that if you yell louder and throw a tantrum and attack the person that you disagree with, it some how makes you right..... it doesn't. Your #17 was a fair document, your #10 was not.
I can see your disappointment with my #18 if you thought it was attacking your #17. It was not.
Also if paying due respect for a difficult job well done in thankless circumstances, is a crime where you come from, or is construed as sucking up, then you come from a miserable environment.
I still admire Toms integrity, time, help and the huge personal contribution one has to have made to do the job he has done..., and if he calls himself Tomw then I dont think less of him. He has pulled my post in the past (off topic I assume, I didn't ask), and we have argued over board content, but I still admire what he has done. I think his heart is in the right place, and didn't deserve the vitriol you poured on him in #10
You said "You are one of the people I have referenced as condescending and rude."..
It has not been my intention to be so, I shall check my posts and see about my behaviour in this aspect.
This is only what I think, you obviously think differently and I no longer care. But you do deserve to know which post I was responding to and why
And:
"Are you sure you want a piece of this" is for the movies.
Now it's your thread, you are obviously free to respond to this as you see fit. I am ending my input here....you can have the last word on it, as between my slow response and scoop, the post ended up in the wrong place, ie not under #10, and I hadn't seen your #17
...........oztules