[kosta50]

Q, I don't take offense at people disagreeing with me. All I ask of them is to give me the benefit of the doubt. I assure you that asking me for a straighforward exlanation, or even a simple clarification, would be far better than trying to read my mind.

In my professional life, as well as in my private one, I concentrate on finding out everything about any subect that concerns me, no matter how I feel about it personally, no matter how much I like or dislike it.

To know is better than not to know.

I take your response as a clarification, if not an outright apology, and I forigve you.

Just remember, you don't have to agree with me. God forbid! But give others the same courtesy you'd expect others to give you.

[Quix]

I do apologize for unnecessary cheekiness and offense, Dear Kosta.

I do often struggle with trying to discern just where you are coming from and going in many of your posts. I don’t know that there’s an easy solution. We are both who we are.

I will earnestly try to keep in mind more firmly that you are hostile to Communism. That was a niggling alarm I was quite concerned about but didn’t know what to make of it given other things. I appreciate your clarification.