Uh, The Nagel--One thing that has happened here since you went away is that the forum harridan, Bestworking, has become ever more absolutist and lopsided in her politics and social perspectives. Moreover, she has developed a severe case of that uncommon malady known as CHRONIC ASTERISK ADDICTION, wherein she obviously wishes that forum rules would permit her to frequently invoke the vile, vulgar and obscene terminology lodged up front in her depauperate vocabulary, but instead types a string of asterisks corresponding to the number of letters in the prohibited word(s). Childish stuff, but what you might expect from an extreme Republicaslop!