I really appreciate that Neal...

I wasn't so sure that a simple "I'm sorry" would have been sufficient, hence the long post. I said what I felt I needed to say given the comments I made earlier. I don't expect an immediate change in attitudes towards me, but I can't help but continue to apologize when people continue to berate me over it. I've made my bed and will have to sleep in it, but I don't intend on sleeping there forever.