One thing us younger Sajha-bahsis can learn from all this is to never graciously accept an apology. Ngorkha, that was a great zen-like summary, cutting right through the bullshit. Your points, taken as a whole, suggest a pattern: talking through the ass IS THE POINT, otherwise the evidence--contrary to the self-serving excuses--would have been presented much earlier and the issue quickly resolved. Instead, for over a year and half, the readers were subjected to unending, petty tit-for-tats. However, one of the upsides of that delay for us readers is that we get to observe someone unintentionally make a horse's ass out of himself by puffing up his chest and self-importantly thanking people, like at Oscar night, but 17 months after the fact! Comic genius, yaar! Wow, we even learn that he is friends with the famous Manjushree! See how it is not in the gentleman's temperament to be self-aggrandizing? No siree, his humility is touching, and also phucking ridiculous. Case closed? Not likely, because, you see, talking through the ass is the point!