hey bbb...thx for the solace...don't feel sorry for me...after getting banned for typing "impeach george bush" too many times, i was the marketplace equivalent of a guy who goes to jail for the terrible crime of smoking pot...after returning to the MP, my ban was like the stigma of a criminal record...it held me to a different standard than the rest of the posters...i accepted that and thought that i was adhering to my parole conditions...after a second conviction, the parole conditions will be more stringent

if i knew *in advance* that yellowjacket and redi would get banned for publically standing up against these chickenshit charges, then i would have gladly offered to make a chickenshit apology just like tommy chong did to get out of his chickenshit charge...i don't mind taking shit for my opinions but i'm really heartbroken about what happened to those dudes...i imagine chong felt similarly responsible for his bong corporation and would do *anything* to protect innocent family even if it meant making a total asshole out of himself (which he did)

but now they are banned and there's nothing i can do...will i still make an apology? i think i must...injustice does not justify injustice...i should set the record straight