Auntydolly,
If that is an apology it leaves a lot to be desired. A little harsh? First you jump on this guy Irlandes' back for no good reason. It seemed like a fairly light-hearted comment to me (and no less accurate for that). In fact levity and a good sense of humour are important ingredients in this forum. We can't all be coming out with profound ground-breaking comments all the time. Secondly you didn't limit yourself to attacking his comment but also to calling him (and indirectly others) names. And then you claim to suffer from nausea when Irlandes replies in kind. What type of response did you expect? If you ask me his only mistake was in not availing of the opportunity to not to reply in kind. But you don't stop there, you accuse SASless and Yarba of missing the point when really it was you who had expressed yourself badly. Your subsequent rant and rave didn't do your dwindling supply of credit any good either. I see also that you didn't take Irlandes up on his final offer. Possibly because you had no ground to stand on. You may have a very genuine point of view but there are maturer and less offensive ways of getting it across.
It's been said many times, if we have to criticise, let's criticise just the ideas (and constructively at that) and not the people. I suspect there are few angels among us. Although I do know of one or two...
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