I hope you will not stay too long away from ET. I appreciate your contribution and I know that without the diversity of philosophies/opinions/points of view, ET wouldn't be what it is.

I think metavision was right to make apologies an she did it with grace. I also think others should have the same elegance. BTW, I troll-rated FPSDoug because I think his comment was concern-trolling.

Such a heated debate is a normal event in any human group and, although the initials of the site might be misleading, we are humans. The question is how to repair the social fabric and how to heal the hurt feelings. Some of the recent diaries are made for that and I suggest, for example, that, before withdrawing, you tell us where your username comes from in the stormy present's diary

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet