John, I was staying away till this thread seems to have dragged me right back into Sajha :-) I will say this much about your writing- it's brilliant and Lord knows, there's a need for intellecutally sublime threads on Sajha (in site of this message board's capacity to hijack a perfectly decent thread and throw it in the abyss!) Please keep writing. As for the ego, sanity and patience that are all put to the test on Sajha, I know perfectly well what you mean, and I think you are entirely justified in your response to the audio clip (I spared myself the torture of having to sit through it), but, like I said, your time is best spent on the magnificient writing you put out--the rest of it can fall by the wayside primarily because certain comments do not deserve the courtesy of a response! Cheers,