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No dearie; I am deriving her intent by a host of different means -- familiarity with all of her work (not just this one column), familiarity with the process of writing editorials, familiarity with the tools used in writing any opinion piece or creative work, familiarity with the complexities of the English language...

Thank you, SLJP, somewhere along the line that needed to be said.

So many here love to misinterpret statements and then write 20 chapters of criticism about the misinterpretation, and then feel smug that they have actually done something useful!

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So many here love to misinterpret statements and then write 20 chapters of criticism about the misinterpretation, and then feel smug that they have actually done something useful!

LOL! You are very welcome! It is sad that it had to be "spelled out" for them. I pity people like that. Can any of them elaborate on the word, "nit-pick?" Sheeeesh!! Instead of admitting they might be wrong, they dig ever deeper, until they are so deep they completely disappear from the intelligence radar. Unbelievable.