Actually I enjoy your posts (till the last one) They make one think and articulate their POV.
(Just my two cents)
That one reminds me of the time in the ninth grade when I got the living hell beat out of me by 4 black guys (it was the first year of segregation in my HS in Alabama). Then, one of they guys later told the principal he "really liked me as a friend."
It is great to be loved.
Happy New Year, anyway!