Marty,

I respect how you feel and I agree that one should always defend themselves when attacked. But I also realize that "any" antagonist thrives on contention and argument. So when you prolong the argument, you are giving them exactly what they want. An argument is not necessarily a debate that can be won or lost, although done civilly, it could be. Defend/state your case/facts, then be the one to say the "matter is concluded," rather than feed the fire. Do as you wish however, you are your own man but honestly, I don't even know "exactly" ll the details of this rift as I've not been around much and usually abstain from these arguments. Even as a monitor, I cannot delete threads, and I'm not going to start policing either. I do think arguments should be taken to the message forum, rather than hi-jacking a music post however--sorry Tom!

eddie