And so it continues, Robdar. Yes, I jumped to the conclusion that you were male. I do sincerely apologise. I made the same mistake with journeyon. I tend to be more circumspect when I am addressing women, call it chivalrous romanticism. Men seem (I use the word "seem" a lot, if you've noticed, because I try not to express surety when I can't know for sure) to display the same kind of aggression you do.
Yes, my statements to brotherdan and journeyon were ad hominem but they were expressed in terms of impressions. As you rise to perceived attacks on your friends, I respond in kind to perceived attacks on me. In terms of vitriol, however, I take off my hat to you.
I am not an intellectual and never claimed to be, and I make no claims to wisdom. This is a conclusion to which you yourself have jumped, since you claim to know what I think. On the contrary, I am constantly reminded and humbled by how little I know. I value and admire people who take the time to educate me, except those who do so in a manner that resembles rubbing my face in it, like how some folks train puppies by rubbing theirs in the excrement they left in the corner.
Yes, I have used cannabis in the past. Quite a lot of it, actually. You evidently took my comments to be critical or untruthful when they were not.
If you should choose not to communicate with me again, Robdar, I wouldn't be offended.