JOHNJWILSON -> JOHN MASSEY wrote:

 TR>>>> But another poster addressed John Massey as `son' in a very
 TR>>>> insulting manner,

 BK>>>  Thanks, I needed a laugh.

 BK>>>  I don't know how old John is, but I suspect several posters here
 BK>>>  are old enough to call him son with no insult implied.

 ->> In this case I believe insult WAS intended. That makes it a flame.

 J> Y'know, a lot of your posts amount to legalistic testing.

 J> I get little from the heart. A deprecating use of the word
 J> 'son' really hurt you to the bone. A fume of anger at an
 J> outrageous slur!

 J> Ah, the slurless one!

 J> You said once, I believe, that you take no one in these echoes
 J> seriously...

 J> I thought at the time "how purposeless then, the effort"

 J> ..which could not be true.

 J> I think maybe you are primarily a tester. Lookin' for leaks, holes...

 J> contradictions. A buttress to a feeling of self worth.

 J> Hmmmm. Why not? :-)

I think you sound drunk.

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