Ahem. You are supposed to ping me when you mention me, dear one :-)
This has led to an interesting shift in alliances, certainly. But I have, as I mentioned privately, long felt badly about being so rude to you some time ago.
Actually, it has been very instructive - in hindsight, I think that 98% of our feud originated over one issue - that country that borders India that I promised I wouldn't mention to you. As a result of our disagreement over that issue and its spillover to related ones, I think we both got the impression that the other was firmly esconced in a stereotypical 'camp' with which we bitterly disagreed. When I saw your posts on the threads leading up to this one, I was very pleasantly surprised - and your reason and attention to facts made me realize that I had been unfair in applying a stereotypical prejudgment to you in the past. That was my error.
Your hard work on this one has been very helpful to us all. Thank you.