James,

Since I am the guilty party, for the record I will state that I most certainly intended no offense or disrespect by my "Devils Advocate" remark recently. In fact, James, I like your style and appreciate where you're coming from. While you have not been posting at Xmarks as long as some others, I still consider you one of the senior members here. Your experience, wisdom, and knowledge are a valuable asset to the group and we all benefit from your insightful, albeit sometimes blunt, posts. I admit that I don't place quite as much gravity as others do on certain aspects of kilt and clannishness, but at the same time I feel that it's important that these topics are explored openly... and you are good at doing just that. Now maybe I'm dead wrong here but I imagined that while writing some of your posts you're sporting a devilish grin and a twinkle in your eye... hence my remark. If I am wrong, I apologize to you openly before the group. I say go ahead and "stir the pot" when you think it needs it. But I think we should all guard ourselves against taking some of these issues so seriously that there's no joy left in any of it.

Cheers, all

blu