Why not? You asked Cutter to speak for me. I"m speaking for myself. And McCool can take up his own part quite handily, as you've discovered.

And while we're at it, for whom are you speaking? Someone obviously has you on a tight leash, and you bark and growl on cue fairly well.

In the past couple of days, you've effectively called me both a pimp and a whore, suggesting that I seek employment with an escort service.

That constitutes written defamation of character. Have you said enough, do you think, or should I lodge a formal complaint with Slate or elsewhere?

I've told you for whom my remarks were intended. Why is that not satisfactory?

Is there someone you believe fits my description of a producer of clumsy, misbegotten, malformed, forced and constipated rimey-dimeys?

If so, you're likely projecting your opinion of him or her onto my words, since I had no particular individual in mind.

Angel