Lazs! hehe, now this will be very hard to believe, but this morning I did receive a very nice email from America written by a guy who agrees 100% with the purple text of my sig. A very nice chap he is too. That's all I'm saying. I never quote people without permission, except for using descriptive terms which have entered a vernacular.
So Lazs, your remarks were way off. You would be surprised at the friendships I have made on this and other boards, despite my perceived pomposity. Let's see now, I have drawn flak from how many people here - 3 or 4? Out of an AH subscribership of many thousands. What you don't see is the people who approach me behind the scenes, and who say things like
"you were spot on in your post/sig". And I'm not about to reveal their emails or their identities.
The thing is, Lazs, that I don't mind standing up to be counted in the face of adversity. I will say what I believe, regardless of how many or how few are likely to agree. Different though the US and Britain are, they are both still democracies. People are allowed to say what they think of Tony Blair or George Bush. But you seem to be suggesting that I should shut up - for no other reason than the fact that it might suit some people, yourself included. Sure, if I lived in Iraq or pre-liberation Afghanistan, that would be sound advice. But it seems strange, coming from you, who has always been keen to champion the freedoms enjoyed by America. You're like those people who claim that "this is a US BBS"...
...oh yeah, I get it - freedom and democracy -
when it suits. 