Urp!   Mea culpa.

I wish to publicly eat my own (very ill-advised) words, and to apologize to those who (rightly) feel that they have been besmirched.   While this was not my intent, I can plainly see that no other interpretation could possibly have been inferred.

I was, quite simply, wrong to say what I did in the preceding post.   (In retrospect, “rather a jackass.”)   To all of you who feel that I called you “a feeble soul,” this public apology will remain.   (I’m not gonna delete it... I’m gonna face the music.)   No reply is needed.