Thanks Josephus for the information on Islam.

Dear O Sung Wu,

Thank You for your kind words and your apology.
I am glad that we have reconnected once again.
I have learned a big lesson from all of this.
And that is that I need to watch what I say and
how I behave on this forum. Not everyone is going
to forgive me - as you've been big enough to do.
Thank You.

Josephus,

Just a wee pedantic point, Muhammad is not likely to have met any Roman Catholics, the Christians of his meeting would be, more likely, the ancestors of today's Eastern Rite Catholics.

Hi there FOXY...

Right or wrong, I had no right to accuse you of the things and issues that I did. It was cowardly in the extreme. Furthermore, I had no particular license to actually 'speak' to you the manner I did either. My behaviour in toto was reprehensible. And it was always me, bleating on about the respect we should employ whenever we have occasion to rebut a lady contributor.

You know FOXY, I believe one of the main reasons POIROT decided not to return to The Forum, though she was quite capable of taking care of herself as are you, she couldn't be bothered putting up with all the bad behaviour from the usual mob, me being chief among them. Perhaps it's time for me to 'hang up' my keyboard, and reflect upon my uncharted, albeit short future.

Take good care of yourself please FOXY, you're one of the linchpins and among the necessary 'glues' in which to keep this Forum on track, and meaningful. I cannot apologise to you sufficiently enough, in order to assuage my own conscience adequately. Thank you FOXY, a response is wholly unnecessary, as I shall not be monitoring any further comments on this particular topic.

Dear O Sung Wu,

Thank You.

Dear o sung wu,

No I didn't see your post I'm afraid.

As to you being truculent well that can be applied to me on occasions. While not saying the point I was making was ever totally wrong, I have often on reflection felt some of my posts could have benefited from a more circumspect approach.

I am glad you have seen fit to set it right with Foxy.

It also seems both yourself and Paul have had your noses tweaked by our esteemed moderator. While the sparring was entertaining when it first commenced it certainly became repetitive.

As to you hanging up your pen I took an extended break from the forum once and didn't regret it. But if you feel the place keeps the juices flowing then my advice would be to enjoy it.