Hardly; the reality is Mark, for whatever reason, has an incredibly thin skin right now and has fled to the tender clutches of his lackey's nest on Consimworld, who fawn over his every word and idea. Right now, they're currently in the throes of a liberal orgy explaining why every ill of the world-past, present and future-are all the fault of dumb 'ol George W Bush.
It's a comfort zone for that crowd and one that is highly receptive to the idea that this forum, and particular of its members, are '
poisonous' and swimming in a '
poisonous atmosphere'. Though the ability to see in others what one fails to see in oneself....
To be fair, I agree in part with Mark and can even admit to my own culpability at times, but there is an addictive charm to this site-one that drags you back even when the turkeys drag you down. Mark will be back, have no doubt, in all his infuriatingly contradictory glory.