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