"You have obviously chosen to forget previous posts where I specifically stated that I could eventually be proven wrong."

And you are ignoring the posts where I say that I would supprt the war in Iraq if Iraq could have (or een retrospectively) be shown as a threat, and I have been specific on what would cause me to change my mind. Namely: Stockpiles of WMD, Al-Qaeda ties, and some sort of credible plan uncovered to use them against the US. Said Over and Over and Over and Over.

Its not the admission that you might ultimately be wrong that causes me to form my opinion of you. Its that nobody other than those who agree with you could ever possibly be right about anything. This is what I have yielded to tom and others, and its what you never yield.

"I rescanned the exchange between you and Tom. Would you care to point out one instance of adhominem against you "

Yeah, sure, he claimed I 'dutifully ignored' his posting of factual information WRT polls and WRT to his sources on terrorism. Thats far from the case, and I took insult from it. Not much, but I was baiting Tom anyway (as He baits me). I think in the next post he clarified for me, just as I clarified the cherry picking reference.

"while you countered with feces, dishonesty, lying, hypocrisy"

Hmm. Lets see if the shoe fits:
If you claim that we are justified to go to war with Saddam because he is a tyrant of the SAME ORDER we support currently and historically, then do you not think that is consistent with the Merriam Websters definition of Hypocrisy? Hmmm Frank?

If you claim others ignore your data when others in fact respond to your data, on many occasions, then that might be lying? Hmmm?

And the Feces Slinging remark was not directed at Tom (I don't think... Tom rarely does the Squat-and-Toss routine beyond red-herrings and Socialist Strawmen), it was directed to the HZ RightWing goon squad, in which you are a at least a Private FC.

" If you are waiting for me to waste my time on you like Tom does"

So everyone who disagrees with you must be unconvincible, at least in your mind, as I don't recall you (but twice, with me, despite your protestations about my character) posting arguments to support your views.

"I am not crying foul. I am just pointing out what a prig you are. (I suffer no prigs)"

Looks like we feel the same way about eachother, and it looks like we both feel the same way about what we should tolerate from eachother. Seems like we can agree at least in spirit, Eh Frank?

"Thank god that neither of us is in charge of diplomacy. The world would be a nuclear waste land."

Speak for yourself.

Davin L.