I also apologize for the length of the reply

Nothing to apologize, thank you for taking the time.

the users who use VTS that we don't like

Did you understand that this meant users who did not have IDUVTS on their profile?

I stated with stronger language than I normally use that I would in no way adopt such a mark

Haha, yes, I can still remember it well. That was also the point at which I first noticed that some felt forced.

Emotions that one was not to be liked nor supported unless one became like the Borg

Oh, that's gross. I think we already talked about it, some things I wasn't happy about either. I had a post in preparation and also wrote a comment in the pub about it. I'm sure the story would have cleared up and calmed down on its own if MD had not written the terrible post.

I trust we are close enough that you will believe me that I read these things.

Yes, of course I believe you. Too bad you didn't find any of the insults...

Finally after months of his bad mouthing in his weekly post, the co-founder finally hit back.

...you mentioned. It's not that important, though, because I probably wouldn't change my mind.

Why?

If that had been the reason, and MD had been subjected to months of attacks as you write, why didn't he address those attacks in his post? Why did he make false claims instead? Surely that doesn't make any sense.

I asked many times in my last comment, is it true? Is it true what MD wrote in his post. You will agree with me, it was not true. Not true is putting it politely, you might as well say he lied.

We can speculate for a long time about the reasons why he did that. For me, since then he is no longer a man of truth. And therefore I don't really care what he writes, because I would never know if it is true or not.

I don't want to steal any more of your time, so I'll close with a comment from a good friend who also left the Chain after MD's post:

I have no desire or time for kid stuff and war games. Life is too short to get worked up over such ridiculousness.

A good point to leave it at. Oh, that reminds me, I have another episode of Star Trek on the hard drive, Attack of the Borg :-))

Take care, until sometime...