Bruce and I went around and around on the political forum, we'd follow one another from thread to thread ... everyone here PROBABLY thought we hated one another, but they are very wrong.

One day, I posted in the General forum about a crisis in my life, can't remember if it was the divorce or my sister's condition - and I said that my faith was being tried. I will never forget the PM this guy sent me, and we carried on back and forth for probably three weeks - and he addressed me as "friend" and "Brother" - I can't remember what it was, and the pm's are gone now, but there was SOMETHING I said in the thread that made him realize we had some heartache in common, of some sorts.

Since the political forum is now gone, (as well as I have changed jobs and re-located), we simply drifted apart.

He was one of those "lefties" that, at least, DID get me to see his viewpoint, I still disagreed - but I respected him and understood his view.

I call him a friend, and now I know that my friend is gone.