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Now, I thanked Cbolt for posting that link and I got a flame for my trouble, which is Cbolt's because he or she did not check his or her messages before posting.

I checked my messages - I was in the process of replying and looking up a link for the percentage of land under control of US governments when you posted your "thanks" message. I couldn't have seen your thanks message because I was in the process of composing, research and sending.

And I was very careful to use your EXACT statement, including your qualifying "highly doubt," when I replied that "can buy" is different from your the position your thought was likely true.

In other words, I was careful to leave a fairly sterile message back - in reply to your bolding of words from the link that indicated some restrictions on what foreigners can buy, perhaps hinting that the restrictions somehow turned "can buy" into "can't buy."

I still intend to avoid posting to you, but wanted you to understand the circumstances that led to my post - I wasn't "flaming you for thanking me," as you asserted.