No need to defend me, or "praise with faint damn", Jay, altho I'll admit you're a more patient exegete than some. Never complain; never explain (except maybe to men of good will AND reason.) I got in my strafing runs after that business with the Gnomon and I'm happy I did but mostly I don't care to get stuck in this tarbaby. You really should share the Humpty Dumpty catechism with our friends, Jay. Said a good bit to me about the uses of language but maybe I only heard what I wanted to hear?

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