(shrug) I think you're being very thin-skinned about it, Jack. I don't see why we can't have some banter back and forth without taking it as personally as you seem to be taking it. I have banter like that with Amos and Rapparee all the time, and they don't get furious about it...nor do I get furious when they do it to me. In fact, they take it as a joke. And so do I. But if it really troubles you that much that I said those things, even with a smily face behind them, then I'll take it all back. Okay? I do NOT actually think you are deranged. Hardly! I think you are a smart, capable, perfectly normal human being who defends his opinions vigorously, specially when challenged. I don't think there's anything wrong with you either. Okay? Look, if I tell someone on this forum that they are deranged, I've got to be joking, for heaven's sake!

If I really thought someone here was literally deranged and had "something wrong with them", I wouldn't say a word to them about it. I would remain silent and avoid tangling with them. Deranged people are quite possibly dangerous, and it's best not to bother them, in my opinion.