To Don Firth:

I applaud your last post -- the position you take is the sanest I have seen posted anywhere. Good for you.

May I have your permission to copy and quote you on another forum to which I belong? It is a political forum, and it needs your words like a breath of fresh air.

If you would prefer that I not use your post, I won't, nor will I adapt it to my own purpose and claim it as mine. If you do grant permission, I will not use your name unless you say so. I will not state from where it came.

Even if I don't repost it elsewhere, I cannot congratulate you strongly enough for your stance -- would that there were many more like you. You give me hope.