Yes, I believe your housemate and I have had this discussion in the past.
And I agree.
Tell me Quix, why not ask for a reinstatement, especially after all this time? Your words are still valuable to a whole lot of FReepers!
He says to tell you:
Thanks but no thanks. He'd rather filter through me--lowers his stress and keeps him more out of trouble.
He really just wanted to provoke JR to stop shooting himself in the foot by trashing so many big donors so needlessly--and was willing to highly likely forfeit his membership in the interest of trying to jar JR out of his self-defeating habits. He knew he'd likely fail but thought JR and FR were worth that risk.
Given all the givens, it's unrealistic to expect the pride issues and other issues related to that opus and that era to ever be overcome in this lifetime. Qx thinks that's sad but can certainly live with it.
And, he really does think I help take the roughest edges off him--at least somewhat.
And, his blood pressure is better with the delay of filtering things through me. We both are thankful for that.
Besides, though there's far less interactions, he does appreciate his Alternate Realities forum on GOPBRIEFINGROOM.COM
However, he really does appreciate your thoughtfulness and kind words. He still loves a lot of folks hereon from the top down--and certainly including you.
God's best to you and yours.
Oh, brace yourself--he wonders if you'd consider a favor to him. He's sought for several years a genuine RC who would be willing to read EXO-VATICANA and discuss it with him--though you'd likely have to do it on his Alt Real forum at GOPBR--though he'd be also happy with email or the phone. I'll send you that info and you can reply to him.