Both could have walked away. Neither did. Seems fair to me.

Meh, this always happens when you reply to Kaz's post or Kaz replies to yours. Sometimes a non-reply is the unwritten equivalent of '...' Which I find to be the perfect response to some of Kaz's comments.

It doesn't really matter who started it or finished it, if you find him contemptible, then treat his posts with the contempt they deserve.

I got PM'd by him once to be told that I was wrnog by saying it was small liberties that would vanish first, simply because there are no small liberties. I didn't reply, I seem to recall I thought '...'

You have to remember that this is the Internet. What do you really have as undeniable evidence about any of us? Take it all with a bag of salt

Didn't Kazan say he was captain of a debating team at school once? anyone get the impression he'd win a lot because people just got bored of him?

"Aye, alright - whatever you say. Now go away and gie us peace."

Of course, starting an entirely new thread in a secret forum to whine about it doesn't make you appear to be the paragon of excellence, either.

It's not worth the blood pressure increase. *I* agree with alot of what he says in theory, but I also believe that being reasonable is an appropriate way to handle things.

Seems a consistent line of advice here is "Don't reply"

I'll echo that.