Martin:

If I thought all your abuse was in self defense or even thought it was possible, I would never have taken you to task for it. I am really sorry, but I don't see it -- what I have seen is gratuitous abuse, over and over, in your posts, as though you were carrying out some battle that no-one else could see. Whatever the reason for it, I second Mick's suggestion as to reviewing your own posts. Seems to me, in spite of your unwarranted assertions about my viewpoint, that you aren't really doing credit to your own views by "defending" them like a Cheapside fishwife. What you seem to have, which I value highly, is a strong point of view. I just wish you could express it more fluently instead of resorting to abuse.

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