GUEST: I respond to your posts because I dislike people who hide behind namelessness. It shows a lack of substance; a certain quality of "I can say whatever I want and no one will know who I am". In my opinion, that makes you quite worthy of contempt. It would be far better for you to stand up for your ideas and put your name behind it. However, you seem not to have much belief in your ideas--or you politics either. If I agreed with you, I would support your arguments in public and sign my name. And if that meant taking on the whole damn crew, I would. You suffer under the delusion that you are really smart and effective with your argument. You would be a helluva lot MORE effective if you showed your support of your views with your name.

I too have been shot down by some people who are shooting you down. Know what? I still like these guys and gals. And I would accept censure from these people because they provide well-considered arguments, and they also have the cajones to say who they are. I happen to like Big Mick even though he has disagreed with my views on a few occasions. Same with McG of H. If I ever met these guys, I am quite sure we'd get along and maybe have a few beers and a few songs. Same with Rapper, Ebbie, alanabit, Amos, et.al. Do all of us have the same politics? Hell, no. Do I think they're wrong when they disagree with me? Hell, yes! Know what? It don't matter shit.

Bruce Murdoch