[pollyannaish]

What is snarky?

Accusing another poster of getting special privileges because of who he knows and or his arm-length affiliations. It was a slick little way of trying to discredit him on this subject.

One of my biggest disagreements with you on this entire thread is your very loose use of the concept of "affiliations" and that was what I was hoping to address.

That said, Rokke can defend himself if he comes back. With that I will bid you a good evening. I think this subject has been pretty well exhausted. Interesting, but exhausted. I wish you the best.

[hedgetrimmer]

My definition was a loose use of the concept?

Before I wrote a word about it, i posted the definition from an online dictionary, and proceeded from there.

An affiliate is a member, see here:

af·fil·i·ate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-fl-t)
v. af·fil·i·at·ed, af·fil·i·at·ing, af·fil·i·ates

To associate (oneself) as a subordinate, subsidiary, employee, or member: affiliated herself with a new law firm.

Are not many of the bureaucrats and politicans in our government members? Rokke posted a member list. Do you need any more help?

Clearly you'd rather argue about the meaning of a word out of a dictionary than discuss the purpose and meaning of "Building a North American Community."

[hedgetrimmer]

BTW,

snark·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (snärk)
adj. Slang snark·i·er, snark·i·est
Irritable or short-tempered; irascible.

What is snarky? You said:
Accusing another poster of getting special privileges because of who he knows and or his arm-length affiliations.

You have a very loose use of the concept of "Snarky" lol