Don't fear that you have hurt my feelings or insulted me in any way, Bro. Arthur ...
... and forgive me for answering a thread or post that was not directed at me as just ...
I take your comments, of course, as sincere expressions of your love for the craft and your willingness to protect "her"--as any lodge's tiler would--from cowans and eavesdroppers.
But I also do believe that men can (and should) discuss topics of contraversy calmly and based on facts, lay them open for all participants to see and examine themselves, to agree to disagree at times, while ever being mindful that no man will ever be able to grasp the whole truth by his own strength alone--as such only is possible by the G.A.O.T.U. Himself and those brethren that have completed their journey "to that undiscovered country from whose ... " ...
you know how it goes well yourself, dear brother ...
Sincerely,
Bro. Markus