This seems more productive than a focus on one person or your opinion of that person's communication style or what they may have been told by you,
It's obvious you've never dealt with me before. I'm one of the more ... ... "aggressive" commentators, and Earl's response left nothing to be desired - if anything, it was a bit softer than some of my past remarks to the list. And yes, roughly about once a month I get called out by half the listeners for being rude or infantile or "wah wah this is a nice neighborhood with nice people" -- the other half tends to either agree or, as Earl alluded to, respect my opinion and weight. In short, as the subject you're attempting to defend, I can heartily tell you: thanks, but you're barking up the wrong tree. Oh, and your signature delimiter is wrong. It's "-- \n", not "--\n". -- Morbus Iff ( tomorrow never comes until it's too late ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus