Ah, I feared I might have done so, and come off horribly wrong. I apologize for giving offense.

If you do feel that I am being wrongheaded or ignorant about the subject under discussion, or am otherwise deeply in error, I would welcome you to email me at maekern@gmail.com at some point to discuss it privately, if you wish to. If you do not wish to, that is a valid choice. You're welcome to be openly rather upset at me as long as you're willing to try to be constructive and help me understand WHY.

I hasten to add that if I managed to inadvertently cause such a strong reaction it seems as if there is probably some deep-seated misunderstanding that I have that I am probably not aware of. If that is the case, I'd like to know about it so I can examine it more closely. The only thing worse than being a jackass is being a jackass and not KNOWING it, or knowing why.