Chet,

Please don't get despondent, like you, I am still mystified by some of the recent kerfuful and can't work out what some people got offended at or why. Having said that, I'd better add to my knowledge (ie the way I have read your posts) you have never said anything here that was intended to cause distress, or to attack a person rather than their ideas. I am sure I speak for everyone when I say that we value your conributions and knowledge far too much to loose your input to the more philosophical debates.

Pete M