Did someone slip wood alkie in that Hazarita you were drinking?
You were not intentionally "offensive"....you were obviously intensely objective. I really don't care if your factual representation of an opposing view offends an "ostrich" with tail feathers in full view ....caring like that would be for the b-e-t-a males. What's great about you, this board and it's owners is that we rightfully perceive that the effort to "just get along" is a failure.
To drive forward, to take ground and to possess the land wins the fight....
the pacifist place in history is one of certain subjection. One can be secure, certain and, at times, violent about one's belief in the benefits of harmony and concensus without recognizing the strategic failure in not standing ground. It is historically conclusive that the failure to confront challenge leads to defeat.
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women." Very appropriate phrase to set the atmosphere for this post "DC vs. Heller" period in the American politic.