Thank you YardStick. You might like to read post 16 as well.
You were responding to post 11. Here are links to both.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2913927/posts?page=11#11
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2913927/posts?page=16#16
Right, the best response is to ignore them. He doesn’t owe them the favor of playing a prop in their little attention seeking drama.