Many of the experiences I've had in the Mudcat in which I've ended up feeling as you have described, kicked and beaten and bruised, have come about as a result of things you have posted and directed at me. "Foaming" would be an interesting example of this.

I am truly sorry if I have ever made you feel kicked, beaten, or bruised. I certainly wasn't intending to kick, beat, or bruise you with the use of "foaming" but to point out something of what I felt to be the emptiness (full of air, like foam) of praise of a thread without bickering, given the circumstances. Perhaps bad word choice; perhaps I should have just kept quiet. I'm sorry I made you feel bad. My foot is in my mouth more often than on the ground these days. And I'm especially sorry you were the victim of this.

I certainly have disagreed with you more than once, and sometimes quite strongly, but have never, in my recollection, tried purposely to make you feel bad. And if I have done so and just don't remember (the memory is always so faulty at remembering one's own faults), I apologize.

sincerely,
Alex