And I apologize for assuming things about your discussion that were not in evidence.
I also apologize for the Statist remark, as that is also not in evidence. The Statist remark was also over the top and unwarranted. I remember seeing an art deco court house building in a small town in Oklahoma. It shocks me every time I see it. In relief, in concrete on the side of the court house are the words:
“The highest duty is service to the state”
It makes me ill. The State after all is not God. The State is full of fallible humans, the blind leading the blind in search of a relevant thought. To empower an entity such as this scares me.