I find it easier when someone just responds clearly to the points, without having to pull quote after quote.

To everyone - editing someone's text that you quote is completely verboten - forbidden. Completely and utterly. Taking simple sentences out of context can also be misleading and rude.

This is NOT, however, a forum for debates. If you really want to debate things like politics seriously, there are many, many other places to do so. This is Pet Talk, where we should all be kinder than we might be elsewhere, because here we know we are among people with whom we have something basic in common - our love for our pets.

On other matters, it is sometimes best to agree to disagree, or to hold one's tongue.