Few are newer to this forum than I, and you make a good point about the Jamaican reference, which I didn't catch. And I, in no way, implied nor suggested that you are to blame for anything. Clearly, you are the party who has been imposed upon -- I'm surprised, in fact, you didn't manage to work 'Yankee Babylon cocksucker' into your first response because it would have been well within your rights. My point has more to do with geographical associations -- biases. RG may or may not have made unfair assumptions about you because of the Jamaican linkage. I have no way of knowing. But you, the wronged party, made exactly the same negative assumptions in your references to the American South. It is a knee-jerk reaction, common when pissed-off strangers interact, and, trust me, I have done, and said, far worse. You are a respected guy on this forum, and carry a lot of weight -- too big to have to tolerate the indignity of being called a small, ugly name, I agree. On the other hand, you're also too big to carry that scratch for long. It would be out of character judging from many of the things you've written. I don't think RG was trying to be funny, either, but he often is. We all fuck up, write and say stupid shit. So I hope your solution isn't to abandon this forum. It would be IM's loss; particularly those of us who still have a ton to learn.