Tom, we seem to be drifting well away from my questions and even your condition precedent. As I explained above, I will do my best to keep the conversation civil, focused on golf course design, and moving forward. If I step out of line, I will delete any personal insults. I will do all this even if you continue to avoid my questions. Frankly, as "conditions" go, asking more is asking too much.
As for your last post, I again suggest we let Ran speak for himself on all these issues.
-- Ran has not told me to remove any of my past posts, but if he wants me to go through my 3000+ posts to cull out anything that someone might take as a personal insult he should contact me directly and I will be glad to discuss it with him. In the meantime, I remain of the opinion that we should own our mistakes. Any damage has long been done, and sanitizing the past record of wrongdoing sure won't teach us anything. So I'd rather the insulting posts stand as they are, whether yours or mine. That said, if you and Ran insist on going through your 40,000+ posts and purging all the personal insults then I obviously can't stop you. But please just leave me out of it. Thanks.
-- If Ran wants my opinion and/or input on any sort of editorial board or review board then he should contact me himself. But Ran already knows my perspective on such things. I worked closely with Ran, Ben, and a few others before he posted my IMO. I followed Ran's explicit advice about with whom to share my IMO before he posted it. Nonetheless, I'd be glad to discuss it with Ran again, if he sees fit.
-- If Ran and/or Mr. Capers has an issue with Tom MacWood, perhaps either or both should take it up with him directly. It really is between them and has nothing to do with me. Besides, you had Ran lock the thread, so we are all stuck with our own doing anyway. (For what it is worth, I have let Ran and Mr. Capers know what I think about Mr. Capers having been repeatedly injected into these conversations, and I don't think it would serve any productive purpose to get into it further here.)
As I wrote above, I'll try to keep my part of the conversation civil and focused on golf course design. Most importantly, I'll try to keep moving forward. No use getting bogged down in bygones.
So, about those questions, Nos. 1, 2, and 2?