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Jep, your words would carry a lot more weight if you could respond to my SPECIFIC statements and questions. Putting aside whether or not I have truly missed the point before today (and I can assure you I have enough character and principles to refrain deliberate lying) then now is the chance for YOU to set the record straight. If you re-read #146 you will see I admitted perhaps you did not use the exact words I ascribed to you. You also say that "I think I've pointed out that your assertion that your comment along these lines is false at least 5 previous times." Great. Please point me to those items. I will be happy to respond. So far all I have to go on is your speculative and unsupported statement that you believe that restoring the items could harm you and your son. If you HONESTLY believe that then please provide some examples of the harm you fear! Surely that is not too much to ask when you are seeking to censor the words of others. If you don't provide specific examples, then accusing me of lying does little more than show you are unable to debate the merits of your proposal. Saying "I have very little confidence that I can successfully make even this one point, so I am not going to address other points just now" is a clever little cop-out. It does nothing to encourage a discussion of your request on the merits. It is the equivalent to saying "he was mean to me so I'm excused from continuing this debate and I should automatically get my way." Nice try. Perhaps the confidence you lack is in your ability to make any cogent arguments in support of your drastic request to impose censorship on the very people who tried to help you. And when you seek to deny the value of those words to others who may benefit from them, you are showing what I can only consider to be extreme selfishness. Perhaps you can explain it some other way. I'll be happy to hear your explanation. I'll tell you what, jep, we can start fresh right now. You can set forth your SPECIFIC reasons for stating you believe restoring the items will cause you and/or your son harm, and I will respond only what you post from there on out. Or, as an alternative, if you believe you described them to your satisfaction in the past, then just point me to your post(s). So, are you going to cop-out again and whine and name-call, or are you willing to back up your conclusory and speculative statement with actual examples and arguments?
You have several choices: