> >I didn't see it as a double-standard. The objection was to the >spamming. The spamming was a regrettable error. A sincere apology >followed the regrettable error. Inevitable misunderstandings >followed the sincere apology which followed the regrettable error. >Cold hostility grew from the inevitable misunderstandings that >followed the sincere apology that followed the regrettable error. > >If that isn't politics, what is? The missile attacks that follow, I think. On a more on-topic note, not that we're ever on topic here, I was rereading Athyra the other day and noted a passage where Savn asks Vlad if Vlad has ever been in the army and Vlad says simply, "No" (sorry, no page numbers, don't have the book with me at the moment). This, fairly obviously, contradicts Dragon. Vlad could have been lying -- he certainly lies to Savn about enough other stuff -- but why lie about that? What motives does Vlad have for keeping his (somewhat less than shining) military career a secret? Claire