I'm not going to take shots at you, Bong, and I didn't mean to with my repetition of that word earlier. If that hurt you, I regret it and apologize. You can deny this if you want to, but I do think that, deep down, you know it's important to me to be courteous and civil to folks. Heck, you even know the reasons why better than most. (The life-is-frighteningly-short-we-might-as-well-be-nice lesson I learned in early November when I lost my sister.)

You can choose to be hurt and offended by my repeating that word, or you can choose to see that that repetition wasn't intended maliciously. In the end, I suspect my record of taking the high road will still reflect pretty darn well in comparison to some others I can think of . . . . And if you do choose the hurt-offended route, that'll reveal a lot more about yourself than you might realize.

Love and light to you, Bong. From one of the smartest liberals you'll ever encounter. (And one of the most tolerant, too.)