**The following post is my own and was neither endorsed nor encouraged by any other forum member.**
I second JohnK's assertion of your paranoia. I do not believe there is an organized assault on your position, so to speak. I would, however, like to draw attention to the fact that you are making a slow but sure departure from the basis of civility, which any form of constructive and open debate depends on.
I believe my posting history shows that I try to keep things light-hearted around here. I enjoy being the proverbial fence-sitter and not becoming deeply entrenched with either camp during debates. But in light of your recent post, I feel that I need to hold up a mirror for you.
You have said on more than one occasion that you are not attacking chess personally. The post to which I am replying is where you have crossed the line. Not only have you blatantly accused chesseroo of conspiring against you:
In reply to:
I'd guess that Chess has had the PM machine humming and asked you to jump in here and "defend" him.
but you have also asked that any PMs from him be made public:
In reply to:
why don't you post the PMs you received from Chess asking you to join in this discussion so we can get this whole thing out in the open?
which would immediately alienate chess while also ostensibly seeking to support your conspiracy theory.
Sending PMs comes with a tacit agreement that what is passed between parties will remain private. This is one of the main reasons the PM feature exists. Asking people to breach that trust is not only low, but reprehensible.
