I hate to use physiological excuses, but...the reason I "lost control" was I had a bad head cold - plus doing strong coffee on top.  So confused mental/emotional states on steroids dominated my writing...

I value Wikipedia as a place where I HAVE to be diplomatic, since I do lose my temper like that a bit too much sometimes on various male dominated political lists where there's a lot of flaming, so I was unhappy about my own "slip."

I did write Mr. Morton and (sort of) apologize for "starting" in such a provocative "joking" tone because of his "nice" comment, instead of just making a civil comment/question...and then for my escalating from there.  Two days on my apologies to the him and the list are even more sincere!! :-)

Glad to see Laura misunderstood and wasn't asked to leave. Politically I understand worldwide problems with American Imperialism; Wikimedia-wise I just haven't been sufficiently on top of the intricacies of Wikimedia politics to understand all the issues so at least there I've been able to maintain my diplomacy - so far!!

CM