Why would I wish to refute any of your facts, Teribus? It is not your facts I am objecting to, it is your continual pompous need to impress people with your knowledge that I am objecting to. Anyone can look up facts in books or on the Net and regurgitate them, and if I felt the need to be competitive with you in that respect I would, but I don't. I don't care. It isn't necessary for me to embarass you by picking apart your essays, because you do such a fine job of it all by yourself.

I simply LOVE to look at things from every possible angle...and I do. For instance, I defended Custer's bravery early in this thread, despite his other very obvious failings. (The man was not completely without useful qualities.)

Your ego has you by the nose and is wasting your time. Stop trying to win all the time. No one cares and it doesn't matter. You're a pain. You could bore the balls off a buffalo and drive sober people to drink. You're like a dripping tap in sore need of a plumber. You put the "p" in "pontificate".

Okay, so you're not English. Excuse that presumption on my part. What is your nationality, then? I was under the impression you live somewhere in the UK, but I realize that doesn't mean you must be "English". You could be several other things. Which would it be?