[andy_card]

you seem to enjoy "ad hominem" attacks, except of course when they are directed at you.

No, I enjoy (or tolerate) ad hominem attacks, except of course when they are sophomoric.

[stand watie]

i, otoh, do NOT like the sort of name-calling that "ditto" does, such as addressing me as "buckey" repeatedly AFTER i informed him that that word was a variation of the derogatory term "buck n*gger".

obviously such RACIST,abusive terms are NOT acceptable among gentlemen OR on FR. (but of course, "ditto" is no gentleman, nor a very "bright star" on FR, either.)

given the number of "banned" and otherwise DECENT men/women, who are NOT still on FR, one wonders why his sort is still here?

for dixie,sw