Thomas,
You have not in any way, shape, or form attempted to " try " to be courteous, professional, or the least bit mature with your interactions with Doug after you met him in Daytona, and with speaking with him on the forums. Sorry, but blatant lies do not win you points. You know better than to do that.
I will say this as nice as possible. Take it from someone who not only introduced, you yourself, to Doug, but watched how you acted towards him on the forums afterward. Do you remember me introducing you to Doug, after we talked a little about snakes and such? You guys shook hands, laughed, and it appeared that all of the online BS was simply not worth being uncool to each other in real life. You both talked and were courteous. You were adults. End of story.
Then, it changed once you got home. You should be ashamed of yourself, as you were completely out of line and rude with making smart comments towards Doug after being nice in person to him. No need to defend or make a feeble attempt to retract anything. It is very well known that you did. In fact, two friends of mine from different parts of the country recently brought that whole situation up in conversation. See how much being immature and trollish sticks in the minds of those who read these forums?
In all, you really need to be honest here with yourself and others. Please. You are a nice guy in person. I really think though you would benefit greatly by trying to duplicate that on public forums, instead of being trollish and trying to provoke responses like a 14 year old would. You are NOT being truthful at all by pretending to be the victim here.
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Genesis 1:1