[Freeman Patrick Henry]

Speaking of people being banned, has anyone seen Alan Chapman?

[nunya bidness]

I've seen him but not around here.

[Torie]

Maybe he quit because of the cogency and intensity of my argumentation against his ideas when we briefly crossed paths. After that he was rarely seen. But I highly suspect I'm being delusional. :)

[Alan Chapman]

...has anyone seen Alan Chapman?

I saw him just a moment ago.

Is he banned?

Not yet. Although the word on the street is that certain individuals have become trigger happy with the abuse button around here and bragged about it to others. Apparently they don't understand that the purpose of the abuse button is to notify management of innappropriate posts and not to silence people with whom they have disagreements.

You're saying he died?

I'm alive and well. In fact, I visit FR almost daily to see what people are saying about current events. But, lately I haven't felt very inclined to participate in the discourse. Observe how viciously attacked people are for any criticism of Bush and Republican legislators. When things have settled down and people decide to debate in a civilized manner I will participate.