Hi Lexi & R0bert,

I'm concerned about Belly too. Clearly I'm some sort of object of his angst, but I certainly bear him no personal ill-will and want to see him posting normally again. I didn't start this stoush, but it seems as if he's been trying to pick a fight with me since he started this thread, for some reason known only to himself.

Nobody's attempted to silence him or prevent his views being aired, but he's claiming so on other threads. Apparently for Belly disagreement is equivalent to censorship these days, which is obviously ridiculous. Last time I held out the olive branch he accused me of trying to bribe him or some such rot, so my strategy is to disengage with him until he comes to his senses - which I sincerely hope he does ASAP.

Peace :)

morganzola if it's any consolation I've not understood the level of angst belly has apparently felt here.

I too hope that we can all move beyond this.

Loved the point you made elsewhere "There are some people who are capable of self-reflection, learning and personal growth, even at a quite advanced age. They are the people with whom it is possible to have constructive debates, even when they disagree"

Cheers
R0bert

Dear Morganzola and RObert,

Thanks to you both for caring. We can only hope that
Belly will read what we've posted and whatever's
troubling him will pass before too long. He may be
going through some personal issues and those may be
affecting his responses on this forum. We can't do much
about that, all we can do is hope that he'll be back to
his usual cheery self before long. After all these are
only discussions to us, - although I suspect they may be
much more than that to him. (Politics to him - is a passion).

Oooooh, group hug everyone.

Yep, hoping the real Belly will return to us, once the aliens have stopped with the probing which would upset anyone.