Doug Ewell wrote:

> Jelks Cabaniss <jelkscabaniss at yahoo dot com> wrote:
>
> >> What a mean-spirited place Qalam has become. Again.
> >
> > I don't find the exchange you quoted "mean-spirited" whatsoever; I'd
> > call it "refreshingly frank".
>
> I don't wish to belabor this, but I didn't quote any exchange at all,
> specifically not the one Jelks prepended to my message.
>
> I was alluding to other exchanges that have been written lately under
> the heading "Re: Labelling Vai Keyboards," and chose not to quote them,
> lest it appear I was singling out any one participant.
>

Actually, as one of the participants Doug surely refers too, I agree
that the thread was mean spirited. I apologize for my part in it. I
specifically noted I would be gone for a few days in the hopes that
calmer heads would prevail in the interim.

I won't be responding in kind to any more of the provocations form the
interim except in a helpful manner. Anything else mean spirited,
directed towards me or others, I will treat as trolls, and hop all of yo
will do the same. Let's just ignore them from here on out.

Best,

Barry