>>The funny thing is, I never felt like a “philistine” in his presence<<
Post in haste, repent in leisure (I will never be able to decide if it is good or bad that FR doesn’t have “edit”).
You and the target of my ill-advised rant are clearly intelligent and articulate.
A moment of pique — please accept my apologies.
No problem. I too have wanted an edit button for some of my less “elevated” FR posts. But one can see the benefit. Can you imagine how bad it would get here if we could post wildly, edit, then claim we never said thus and such? Oh the chaos! Besides, I think it makes (or can make) us more disciplined writers. My dad used to do crossword puzzles ... wait for it ... in ink!