I really just give everybody here the benefit of the doubt. I hold no grudges against anyone and I think this is a great board and give full credit and thanks to Dan and Pat for that.

I read your posts Kent. I have no problem with them or you. I really have not kept track of how any of this got personal and I don't really think it should have gone there.

It's pretty much human nature that when you get a bunch of people together and they start to talk about stuff like politics or religion or anything that begins to get a little deep there will be disagreements and emotions will come into play.

Being human is sort of a sloppy business. It's sort of amazing though when people do certain things. Like, for example, forgive eachother.

The beauty of this place is we can come here and talk and share our take on the world and hear what other people think of it. We may not always like what they say but I think you can learn from hearing different views. Even viewpoints that are way out there to us personally. That's the thing...what may be normal to one person may seem off the wall to someone else...but how can we understand others if we just shut them off.

I don't really think the new tools Dan provided could be considered censorship...because he's not censoring...people are doing their own...and what does it matter if they do it that way or just ignore certain posts. It's still up to the individual one way or the other.

This is not a bad time of the year to open your heart to a little forgivness though...it's not really a bitter apple at the root of a bitter tree. And the stuff in the quotes section that gets personal is a little out of line. It is sort of sad to have that keep coming up again and again and again...