Doug wrote:


I'll take my hat off to you vs. many others here... you have a more
calm way of talking on this subject. Too many seem to get hot heads.
Obviously they have strong feelings. Thank you for your calmness.

Oh, it's not calmness; I'd call it patience. You seem persuadable, I'm just
stringing you along until you get mugged.

A twist on the old saying popular when Giuliani was mayor of New York: "A
Republican is someone who realizes he hasn't been mugged in a while and
credits the Mayor."