Amanda

I've been keeping up with this thread and while I thought you started out fairly well, your content has deteriorated. If you truly believed all you write in your counter remarks, you'd not take what CC says personally. Yet you have. And this where I feel a little let down. You obviously have a strong intellect. I thought you were on track with a few well-written responses to CC and others. And now it all seems to boil down to your having been offended. After all your lofty comments on various political issues - Kinky, biofuel, etc., it comes down to inflation of your own ego. Shit. You are pushing a pretty hazardous personal agenda: pride while claiming to hate pride. So, you've proven your start wasn't so innocent. Increasingly, this is what CC seems to have recognized and pursued, which is how you're contributing to his credibility. Not that he needs it.

CC doesn't need my defense. However, while he rides roughshod over some folks, a genuine application of your impressive intellect to his "bullying" will obviate his refusal to put up with bullshit. One of the many ways he contributes here. Spotting yours was an astute observation on his part - quicker than me, and I "observe" for a living. Too bad you'd rather squander your talent on "taking him to task."

One more thing. Intellect - humility = sterility.