I have to admit you do, especially in your
first post, seem awfully sensitive about it. I believe you that your
remarks are rather general and have little to do with this thread, but
you didn't explain that very clearly--

H, you are right, but it is only because voice inflection and facial
expressions cannot be perceived unless we all have webcams. And I'm
definitely not going to type those damned smiles after every sentence (even
though I did on a recent post). That said, I did lash out at Larry for the
"you don't have to read it" comment. I clearly made reference to that in my
original post, but knew someone would still tell me to avoid reading. I
typically do avoid reading or at least responding to subjects that I feel I
can not contribute to or have no interest. Some people can't do that at all
and respond just to respond. It's the old "ME, TOO!" mentality.

This time I had a wild hair and responded with what I thought was a general
point of information. However, as we all know, when the subject is religion
or other controversies, the vortex sucks you in and everyone ends up in a
****ing contest. I've tried to respond as friendly and articulate as
possibly when my initial instincts could lead me to say, "Shut up and ****
off, Moron!" I've tried the nice guy route, so far. We'll see how it goes
from here. Maybe it's just time for me to bow out and watch from the wings.
Maybe we'll all end up talking about tearing up wood again.

C Ya,
Mikey


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