A Confession and an Apology

[mookien]

Mael,

As an unlicensed psychobabblist, I strongly suspect your inadvertent, errant, subconscious expunction was the lamentable result of a Freudian slip. Furthermore, the last post was in clear violation of Rule 5, so no harm done.

And who said you can't keep a good thread down?

John

[Chas]

They say that there is no use crying over spilt milk, which Tilted Kilt doesn't sell anyway.

Saddle the unicorns Barnes, we'll take this stuff to town!

Regards

Chas

[Tobus]

Mael,

As an unlicensed psychobabblist, I strongly suspect your inadvertent, errant, subconscious expunction was the lamentable result of a Freudian slip. Furthermore, the last post was in clear violation of Rule 5, so no harm done.

And who said you can't keep a good thread down?

John

Actually, I'm pretty sure my post was the last one in the thread, and was posted right before it got mysteriously and suspiciously "poofed". It's a shame, because I had spent quite a bit of time in framing a response to the legal/historical part of the discussion and had ensured that I was within the bounds of Rule #5.

[mookien]

Actually, I'm pretty sure my post was the last one in the thread, and was posted right before it got mysteriously and suspiciously "poofed". It's a shame, because I had spent quite a bit of time in framing a response to the legal/historical part of the discussion and had ensured that I was within the bounds of Rule #5.

You're no doubt correct. I recall the historical basis for your comments (and they were informative), but I suspect some would argue it was "politics" nonetheless, if for no other reason than references to "original intent" vs. "how I felt when I got up this morning" interpretations of the Constitution.

Besides, I was really trying to make Mael feel a bit better about his Freudian slip.

You might try posting it again, but under the present circumstances, only the Good Lord knows where.

[Tobus]

They kinda-sorta resurrected the thread in the Miscellaneous forum, so I kinda-sorta reiterated the salient points therein, still trying to stick to the historical facts.

[Cygnus]

No serious harm done - a forum thread is really not a hugely important, life-or-death sort of thing.

As has been said, everybody makes mistakes, and when I do it helps to be grateful that it wasn't something much worse.

And thanks for all you do, Ern; the fact that this is the only such incident that I can remember speaks volumes about the quality work you and the other moderators do!

[EagleJCS]

No worries, Ern. As our pipe major says: "Confession is good for the soul - but not for the reputation!"

[Father Bill]

No apology needed for being human!