On Tue, 25 May 2010, Philip Pemberton wrote:
  If I knew this thread was going to turn into yet
another flamefest, I
 wouldn't have bothered starting it... 
 . . . and I apologize for pushing Tony to go.  I thought that his presence 
Oh, you needn't apologise. You acted or good reasons. And I have learnt a
lot about certain people on this list.
  would be good for the event, and that he would enjoy
it, with a little bit
 of help to be able to go.  But, he has reasons;  they are his own reasons;
 and they need not apply to anybody else. 
Absolutely. I don;t wish to attend, so what?
-tony