[boatbums]

I now know it was Mad Dawg’s words, but how was I calling you a liar or reading your mind? Though the words I quoted came from MD, I have read postings from you saying the same thing, that's why I thought you said them. And my reply stands, regardless of who said the words, they are simply wrong and smack of that old hyperbolic persecution complex so often expressed on these threads.

[Running On Empty]

“...they are simply wrong and smack of that old hyperbolic persecution complex so often expressed on these threads.”

“Simply wrong” is a matter of opinion which can be open to authentic discussion.

As for the “old hyperbolic persecution complex”....once the meaning of that is clarified, that, too, could be open to authentic discussion.

This thread has had many predecessors and has not resolved anything, nor has it changed any committed position.

It will always remain nebulous as to what “effect” it is having on the unknown lurkers.