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Alan Haigh wrote:

> It's possible to be so civil that you don't really convey your meaning.  
> Let's be a bit more direct.  Yes, I'm new to the list and I'm not quite 
> sure of your point.  I don't feel I'm being excessively strident, I'm a 
> flautist not a trumpeter.

For the record, I picked up on the satire immediately and responded 
in-kind.  I hope others saw that way as well and it was cause for 
thought.  I did not see it as a flame war and hope it hasn't been 
perceived that way.  This is a discussion list.  We don't all have to 
agree and hopefully we can discuss differences as well as similarities. 
  A lot of folks don't like persimmons.  I try hard to believe they 
strive for answers rather than them just being weird.  <grin>