Apologise? Don't make me bark! I have put no words into your mouth, my little bundle of fluffy pomposity, so there is no reason to apologise.
And could you tell me what you actually meant when you said "All things considered, I would say that given the potential for taking life, 700 a month is very much on the low side of what it could be" when I said it was too high a price to pay for what has been 'achieved'?
Any thoughts on firing squads, by the way, sweetiepie, or has that been put in the little trouser shiner's plastic 'pending tray'? Any chance of an apology from you for being wrong on that score as well?
And as for your silence on the PIRA slur, I infer from that that even you now accept that you went too far on that one and feel suitably chastened. A ripe remark about dicharged seamen springs to mind, but I'll refrain...