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John,

I am content that under sufficiently brutal interrogation
you have conceded most of my really important points, and
so I will let it go for a while.  I will merely summate
by telling you more of what you already know, that you
can build all the bridges you want, but you will not
goad or gadfly anybody across the pons asinorum by
supporting their smug illusions that they have
already virtually ar