Abe had to ask:
Fred, are you accusing me of strategizing to "downplay the atrocities
of
leftist totalitarianism?" If that's the case, then you are a liar. I
do
not do this, intentionally or unintentionally.
I would hope that we could handle misunderstandings and ambiguities better than this. Better, perhaps, would have been:
"Fred, I hope you're not accusing me of blah, blah, blah. Because I'm I do not do this, even unintentionally."
Ah, but who am I to criticize? I'm the one who opened this can of worms, er, fine kettle of fish -- oh, well, can't make a leopard change his spots...
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(Seriously, folks, I think we're starting to get somewhere, and I predict if we can focus more on the issues than on the personalities the place we're heading for will be a happy one -- full of what Jimbo likes to call WikiLove :-)
Uncle Ed