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> I would have just assumed that his "OH NO" post was an expression of sarcasm from a very, very mean person.

It isn't, please take my word for it. Ed is definitely one of the good guys and mean is an adjective I'd never ever use to refer to him. He's helped countless people here with his insights and care and I'm pretty sure that if he could take that stuff back that he would do so. Words said carelessly can come back to haunt you, the only way to avoid that is to never speak, or to only speak in weasel words. Ed is not very good at weasel words and I consider that a good thing.




As I said, I'm happy to assume the best here, and that you're correct.

I _do_ find the need people have to defend the indefensible (namely his original post) troubling, but I suppose it's not my problem...


I am not defending the words, I'm defending the person.




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