I want to state without equivocation that I don't know what the hell GUEST 19 Feb 06 - 12:14 PM is talking about. Bruce is a friend of mine. I am happy to say that I have other friends here.

See Responses to Racism for the reasons why I first decided to leave this forum and the reasons why I'm back.

And thanks to those who publicly and/or privately asked me not to leave. I very much appreciate your comments.

That said, I would like to note that I agree with a poster upthread {sorry I can't remember which one} who said something like people shouldn't announce that they are leaving. They should just go.
Or maybe I should say that I agree that this should be the case under most circumstances.

However, [and I hope people don't think this comment is self-aggrandizing], but I think that because my reasons for leaving had to do with how people deal with offensive posts, there may be some value in the announcement.

Again, thanks, visit that thread if you have a mind to, and see ya around the 'Cat!

Azizi