[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Since you seem to think you speak on behalf of the original poster, let me speak on behalf of everyone else here at Free Republic to ask you to “Lighten up, Francis.”

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Sorry I'm late to the party. I was just going to say, freepin's not for sissies.

Regards,
Original Poster

[BroJoeK]

"Since you seem to think you speak on behalf of the original poster, let me speak on behalf of everyone else here at Free Republic to ask you to “Lighten up, Francis.” "

Homer speaks for himself, usually better and more succinctly than I can. ;-)

But you might be interested to learn there is a long history of complaints somewhat similar to yours. For many months a poster named (IIRC) Petronski would regularly criticize Homer's format, to which Homer & others responded, and even eventually made some changes -- changes that I find perfectly acceptable.

So I put your comment in the category of "some people are just never satisfied."

As for “Lighten up, Francis,” did you intend your comment as a joke? If so, then next time you might want to consider using some indicator of "I just made a funny" -- such as ;-) or </sarc>.