[HJ]

First of all, my post wasn't intended against anyone in particular, and it wasn't based solely on comments made in this particular thread. I was expressing something of a general feeling I have gotten so far about the discussions, and those at the same time stem from the arguments, not from people. I also stated that I am addressing *some* of the arguments, not all of them, as I don't find all of them contributed to the feeling I was expressing.

I see that a lot of people got hooked on my little exaggeration with which I opened my post. By saying that it's an exaggeration, I admit I overstated things, but I also admit it was intentional. In literature this is called hyperbole, if I'm not mistaken, and is used to overstate things so as to emphasize them, and is not intended to be taken literally.

As far as the rest of my post is concerned, as I said, I have every intention to rest my case. I think I pretty much said what I wanted to say in that post and the one preceeding it, and to continue would be a pointless tug-of-war. What I actually want to say now is thanks for consideration. In addition, the majority of the Posts that followed my own have a very different tone than the one I described in it, and I'm glad to see that they have.

Cheers,

[ October 24, 2003, 20:59: Message edited by: HJ ]