Diki,

I pretty much thought along the same lines when I did the original post. I amended it to "keep the peace." Anything and everything one posts is going to be inflammatory to someone. I'm trying to keep the inflammation to a minimum lately! It's either do THAT or don't post at all!

There's an old story in psychological circles. The professor held up an all white poster board with a tiny black mark on it in front of the class and asked everyone what they saw. To a man (or a woman...got to watch the inflammatory remarks), they all saw that "black mark." No one saw the "white background."

So the the "white" becomes the euphemism for most messages that get posted, while the "black mark" is the euphemism for the reader's interpretation.

BTW....

"They certainly have no problem airing theirs."

You're absolutely right...I need to think more of that and less about "stepping on toes!"

Lucky