:Apology accepted.  The point of the message to Alkivar was to politely offer him an opportunity to remove the asterisk if he decides he'd rather never go through rfa again (I made the same offer to Eequor shortly after her recently failed nom as well).  At a broader level, the point of the whole exercise is to try to raise the general sensitivity to the desires of the folks on the list.  It's almost unbelievably ironic to be accused of being insensitive.    July 8, 2005 00:36 (UTC)