Mysteriously, this "Stu Bee" person happens along and slowly starts to horn in on my territory. The ruse is that he's supposedly an ally, but little by little, I'm beg... more Mysteriously, this "Stu Bee" person happens along and slowly starts to horn in on my territory. The ruse is that he's supposedly an ally, but little by little, I'm beginning to recognize the signs of the coup that's about to take place here. Do you conspirators think I have seen the strange vehicles parked outside of my residence and my workplace at odd hours of the day? Were the phone calls from unknown numbers wherein no one says anything but just hangs up part of this subterfuge? The footsteps following me late at night on dark streets, I turn around and no one is there. People I don't even know suddenly striking up conversations with me asking subtle yet probing questions. Notes left in places I'm sure to find them, filled with undecipherable scribble and foreign characters. The beeps and dings on my electronic devices that you've obviously bugged. The helicopters circling high overhead, most likely loaded to the gills with monitoring equipment, right?&n... less
Lollipop and myself. A truce is the immediate remedy I thought of when I first became aware of this day-long topic thread, I just haven't been available until now. I hav... moreLollipop and myself. A truce is the immediate remedy I thought of when I first became aware of this day-long topic thread, I just haven't been available until now. I have only seen a glimpse of the traffic concerning this row, and that was more than ten hours ago, so I don't know what else has transpired nor which drawbridges have been pulled up around your castle and around my castle. I have not read the depth and breadth of what all has been written, nor will I be able to, but I understand it's a lot. To me, it seems pointless to fight about a comment I made in passing that I had no idea would hit you in this manner. I believe you have the right not only to post the photo, but also to defend it. I also believe I have the right to express my perception of it, and that it's ok if neither you nor I agree with each other. I did not disparage you as a person nor accuse you of any outright wrongdoing, I voiced my opinion about what can or could be construed by the photo. I readily state that because it's ... less
