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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I think you are taking what I have said and taking the next step - it's honestly not one I am taking, or am interested in taking.

That's exactly what I'm doing, because that's what I do. I'm sorry if I dragged you along the tangent I couldn't resist following.

It is interesting to see your original post:

This forum is US-based, but thanks to UT and the intelligence and experience of the American Dwelars it is a welcome home to a small but vocal "foreign" contingent, whose views are appreciated if not always accepted.

I don't categorize, in my mind, "foreign" posters into a "contingent." That's exactly the opposite of what I think the internet is for.

But to show you that I understand your point, let me propose this analogy: Being a non-American on a predominantly American disscussion forum might feel something like being a non-Christian in America. And God knows I've done my fair share of beating that subject to death.