Thank you for the lecture.

I have no idea, in this world of pseudonyms, what Jack The Sailor's real name is, except that that is clearly not the whole truth of it (well, I concede that "the" can be part of one's name, as in The Edge: I recall Jonathan Ross asking him if it was OK to call him The). The thing is, Little Hawk, Jack and I go back a fair distance on this board and whenever he has chosen to engage with what I say his remarks have typically been filled with his barbs (which I'm fairly adept at firing back, of course). As you can easily glean from this thread he is disrespectful of my stance on religion and is very quick with the sarcasm. He tends to talk about me as if I'm not here and he quite unnecessarily uses my surname (the trait of the school bully, n'est-ce pas?) As for my cavalier attitude to those I don't agree with, ask Ebbie, Eliza or Joe whether I show disrespect to them for their beliefs. In fact, my posts on this topic are thought through and carefully constructed on the whole, which is more than may be said for some of, for example, Jack's or pete's. Ridiculous posts kind of deserve something back other than indulgence, I suspect. I certainly expect to get it in the neck for mine. C'est la vie. Life's rich tapestry and all that. Well, that's me anyway. Perhaps you would see fit to remonstrate with your good friend on whom you spend so much effort indulging. Or just quit trying to be the board policeman. There, a little barb for you too.