"I have recieved emails from some folks explaining to me that some of our posters and readers (non-posters) would like to attend the get together in Vicksburg but are actually concerned over whether or not it is safe to do so. Folks, when we project that kind of image to folks what does it say about the way we speak to each other."

Very good point and I had worried a little bit about that but I think that being adults we can realize that, face to face, we are different people than what we express over a keyboard a mouse. Any disagrement I have had with others on this board has been strictly detached from any personal feelings towards anybody. The fact is we really don't know each other at all, so how could I carry a lasting hate towards anybody on this board? We may not like words we read but do we really hate the person who wrote them? No, that cannot be, you cannot hate a person you've never actually came face to face with.

I look forward to meeting anybody on this board, even Roger (where are you?), my old arch nemesis, and sharing a good dinner or other refreshments in a great setting like Vicksburg. I think our getting together will strengthen the board and cool down the anger.

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David Upton