[Iwo Jima]

There was nothing vulgar or ungentlemanly about that post. It was very much to the point.

You do understand, do you not, that if this forum had voted on the most despised members of Free Republic, that the likely outcome of that contest would have been: 1) Peach, 2) Nopardons, and 3) Howlin.

Those women were roundly despised here. And while I had a certain emotional attachment to Howlin (she had intelligence, wit, honor, and a certain trustworthiness to maintain confidences), I can see why she would have made the "most despised" list.

[Miss Marple]

I don’t care how much people hated other people. What I cared about was the reference to a lesbian relationship. It was inappropriate and futhermore was, indeed vulgar.

If this is to be a social conservative site, perhaps people should consider how their words appear in print, because I can guarantee you that Dr. Dobson’s and Jerry Falwell’s people aren’t going to be signing up in mass for a place that uses such vulgarities. They won’t care to have their names associated with such stuff.

[proud American in Canada]

Despised? Peach, Nopardons, Howlin? Hardly.

Peach was always so polite to me. She even IM’d me when I was wondering about the etiquette about responding (i.e. I didn’t want to bother people, but I didn’t want them to think I ignored them).

Nopardons was always nice to me, and so was Howlin, though I think one time when I’d had too much wine I got on her bad side about the Kobe Bryant case—I argued for the girl’s side. LOL! But, in the end, she was right, which is amazing. More often than not, she is. I will always respect her—she’s got a great, analytical mind.

Anyway... it makes me sad this place has changed so much.

I just checked in from time to time so my post isn’t worth much.