I find it astonishing that you insult me in your post and then have the effrontery to take exception to my replying in kind. Respect, is not a one way street. Your tenure here is of no consequence to me and does not confer on you any right to insult. If you disagree with me civilly you will find that I make every effort to be reasonable and polite. I am sometimes wrong (see my post #20) which you obviously did not bother to read before you fired off your TROLL salvo. With the thread already over 80 comments you just could not be bothered to read the others to see if there was any discussion that might make your obnoxious remark unnecessary.
However, to the extent that my reply was made in anger, and lacked Christian charity, I apologize.
First thing most of us do when they get a whiff of troll is to check the 'born on' date, then go look at former posts. You insult other Freepers in several early posts (within your first 2 days!), and we take issue with that.
Several of us saw you sneak in over the transom long before you 'apologized' in post 20.
JUST maybe you might be an excited newbie, happy to have new people to "argue intellectually" with. However, that's not how you've come off, and I suggest you remember to be polite and be less provocative.
Now don't talk to me any more.