[Superman]

Island and I have been over this, and he aludes to it in his last post. Written communication is missing all the voice inflections, facial expressions, etc. If, as they say, 80% of communication is nonverbal, then our posts lack that depth, and can be easily misinterpreted.

What you don't know Joe, that Island probably does, is that I make only a little effort to try to ensure that folks don't get the wrong idea. Until I went ballistic in this election season, I was pretty reliably nice and gentle and funny and respectful. There have been times when I asked folks to just always imagine when reading my posts, that I had a huge grin on my face while writing it. I probably did, in fact. So, most folks attach the "nice" and "funny" assumptions to my posts. That's almost always accurate.

But I also am going to give some folks an opportunity to misinterpret my remarks. Just because it entertains me. Hope I'm not being mean. I like a little trouble now and then. so you see, labor relations is the right industry for me after all.