Re: IBD possibly caused by newly discovered rodent virus!
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Originally Posted by
asplundii
Skip,
Seems I went off half-cocked.
I accept your hand and I hold out mine in return. Forgive and forget?
You say you were being obviously sarcastic, and with the further background you provided I believe that. When your post was called to my attention however I did not read sarcasm. What I read was the snark and condescension that I hear from people who have taken a hard-core stance against something and evidence be damned (kind of the way you say elements of the boa community have done.) Blame it on the lack of context in the typed words on a forum, that is what I saw. And that rankled me, tow-fold; I have not had the misfortune of IBD but I had a buddy that lost a huge number of animals to it and, as a scientist myself, I get a bit defensive when people slam scientist under the guise of "science is evil and scientists lie just to promote their own lies." Your post came off to me as a disrespect for people like my friend and a disrespect of my cohorts. In your initial reply to my post you called me a "humorless twit". You are half-right, I take IBD as deadly serious as you. But, where as you respond with sarcasm and humor, I take a wholly humorless stance. I did not see your post as a "joke" so I did not reply as if it was a "joke". As for the "twit" half... I have been called worse in my days, and will probably be called worse in the future. :gj:
Again, my apologies for coming down like a tonne of bricks.
Perhaps you mistook him for me?
