Ken,
I meant it when I said I assumed you did, and that I understood
the reasons for using the maxims--in context yours and Ben's are more
than just cute little sayings. So is the cliche you mentiond about
not wanting to sound paranoid, but someone's out to get me. There's
truth to that as well, and it ran through my mind as I e-mailed my
reply. I kept thinking of all the times I was (am) justifiably (to my
view) leary. Didn't mean to sound like I was being dismissive. In this
context, the context of the list's exchanges, I wanted to throw in a
counter-balance.