Its for others to decide whenim64, not me, no smilies please, it seems ok for insults to come my way but not yours and the others who have the absolute gall to make essentially grunting comments but never, ever put forward their own views to be tested by public opinion. My style may not suit you but if the scales of justice are a reality those who put forward reasoned arguments appear to support my anti racist, anti monarchy and anti supremacist views. All I ask is not to be patronized, accused of whatever is thrown my way without justification and to be given the same rights of self expression you demand. One thing I can never be accused of is running with both the hare and the hounds or courting popularity, at the risk of being, yet again, accused of insulting you, read your own posts on this and other threads. No one "owns " this forum, not even the old timers who seem to believe number of posts equals rightness of opinion. Please, no one else point out my " bad manners " for being forthright and not putting important, to me, points in a direct way.
Peter