I haven't read ALL the past posts in this interminable thread, John P. I do have a life, you know! ;-)

At least, I'm trying to...

And I don't really give a damn who among you imagines that he's "won" something here. It's about as silly as Don Quixote's adventures with the windmills. I don't object to anyone's opinion here, I just object to people launching mean personal attacks on other people here and characterizing them as racists and "bigots" (your meaning of the term, not mine) instead of calmly addressing the issues and leaving the personal attacks out of it.

But I'll stop in again in a bit and see if you guys have made it to the next century. If so, I stand to win a week's free movies from Blockbuster. Don't fail me.