Friend Bill,
We are flesh, and though our hearts strive for purity, even to the enlightened the buzzing of a gnat at last becomes bothersome.
I have read some few posts by the person you mentioned, and concluded long ago that he is not someone with whom I would wish to do business. To me, he and his works do not exist.
In all our personal dealings, you have been open, honest, and generous, trusting and fair. Your character calls forth the best in everyone who knows you. As I perceive it, HI is not a 'business', it is a 'service', conducted with scrupulous concern for the satisfaction of everyone involved.
I am sorry that the buzzing of this gnat has upset you. Be assured that everyone who considers himself an HI forumite, as I do, desires only healthful peace and tranquility for you.
Continue as you have been. Waste neither time nor karma on anger and recriminations. Time itself will bring about a just resolution of these irritations.
Your friends are spoiled by your honor and integrity. Would we stoop to favor anything less?
This gnat's poison is in his buzz, not his bite. The cure for it is to ignore it as it deserves.
Ken
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The sword cannot cut itself, the eye cannot see itself.