Ah, micro ... you have far more honor than you know, my friend ... and if Professor Trotsky will be kind enough not to reveal the worst kept secrets in Texas, I will pretend to have more honor than I actually do. But, all personal honor aside, good sir ... did you hear what that rascal, ribit, called me?! A moderate ... and %*&#!@$ moderate! Them's fightin' words! If ribit wasn't a Southerner, I'd a shot his slippery ass right there on the spot, instead of offering him a duel, don'tcha know.
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The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence