Ohh, okay... if it makes you happy: "Word!"
No, seriously Robert, I have a hard time getting pissed at you in the way I get at LowTech, you rarely retreat into pejoratives when challenged and are usually willing to accpet reasonable argument and stary reasonable during argument. I think Tony painted you as a rosy optimist? Well, I would paint you as a reasonable optimist, who tends only to get hyperbolic when the Great Ghost of Ronald McRegan is impuned or maligned, even slightly. So if you stick a barb in me, I know its *mostly* in fun, or at least moderately well-intentioned. Tech1, however, is simply full of horseshit and bear turds ;-)
Davin L.
Oh, and just to keep true to your expectations:
You are Wrong! Just plain Wrong! WrongWrongWrong! (lol)