Instead of joining up and helping combat the obvious problem
"Obvious" to whom? I've seen no proof that we in Kansas have a problem "obvious" or not. Now I see plenty of conjecture but no evidence to back up those opinions.
he chooses to ridicule me by misquoting a private conversation on a public forum.
Surely if true, a faulty memory shouldn't be considered as wrong and classless as posting another person's private messages to a public board!