I'll admit that I was shocked when you were banned since I'd never seen you violate any of the forum rules. Granted, I don't read everything that's posted here, but based on the vast number of your posts that I had read, I'd never seen you be anything but a gentleman. BTW, I thought that a remarkable feat considering all the abuse that was daily thrown your way.
Half an apology is as good as it gets sometimes, so I'd probably stay if I were you. A lot of people appreciate your posts and FR hasn't been nearly as interesting without you. And nobody, I repeat nobody, can handle the "welcome wagon" crew as well as you can.
That was crapola, as was about half of the "half apology". But I was able to post a rebuttal to that too, though I haven't been regaled with a reply.
For the chance to rebut all of this, I am thankful. Concerning the financial aspects of Free Republic, that's never been my thing. I don't really follow that "wing" of anti-freeping too much. I'm more concerned with the censorship and heavy-handed treatment of some of the memebers.
Kindest regards,
Callahan