Tom Pain née Ron Lewis, a former contributor to this otherwise illustrious website, posted a rebuttal recently, if I am not mistaken, in which he listed about 90 articles and rebuttals that I had written that he claimed, through either the mendacity or the ignorance that are synonymous with his names, were proof that I was posting more hate than he.  I hope I’m not wrong here in my allegations, for I didn’t read this libel very carefully.  It seemed to me however, that Pain née Lewis included among my 90 a couple of articles and rebuttals that I had addressed to Frederick Smith, one of our more interesting contributors and a benefactor of the website with his computer skills.

I did post some titles like Frederick Smith Is A Wild-Eyed Visionary, Frederick Smith’s Space Program Is A Mosaic of Fantasies and I’m Surprised That Frederick Smith Is Not Into UFO’s, but I wrote those tongue-in-cheek.  They certainly were not meant to convey any derogatory meaning.  I was just joking a little.

It’s true enough that I disagree with Frederick Smith’s ideas on space travel, but it’s really neither here nor there, as probably neither of us will ever get to the stars, even if other people do.  It’s just an interesting topic to moot about.  The idea of going to the stars appeals to me too; I just don’t think it’s going to happen, and especially to me, now approaching age 70.

Incidentally, in case Frederick didn’t realize it, Yahoo Mail had a headline recently which announced that volunteers for a manned mission to Mars are being recruited.  I guess I should say, “Go for it, Fred.”

I have a lot of respect and admiration for Frederick, and I hate to see Pain née Lewis sully that, as he sullies everything else.

Frederick and I have had some debates on other subjects too, like homosexuality, black criminality and capital punishment, but again these are merely an exchange of ideas.  There’s certainly no malice on my part.

Some of Frederick’s favorite topics, like global warming and the decline of the American educational system, are simply outside of the range of topics that interest me, so I don’t respond at all.  I don’t know anything about these topics and have too many irons in the fire to start learning at this point.

Pain née Lewis has accused me repeatedly of hating Americans, Jews, homosexuals and others.  He has also accused me of murdering Jews and molesting children.  The man is an obvious psychopath and should not be taken seriously.  I’ve always assumed that his antipathy towards me springs from the envy he must feel when contemplating my intellectual superiority to him, but a novice to the site may take his criminal defamations seriously, so I thought I’d clear the air.

So let me conclude by saying that I am glad that Frederick Smith is a regular contributor to the website, and I read almost all of his articles.  Whenever he has been off the site for an extended period, I have contacted him, urging him to start posting again.

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