KeepItReal,
Please accept my sincere and REAL apology to you.
There is a watchful group of us - benevolent, I assure you - who care for SMB a great deal.
The stalking incident has been a very deep issue for quite awhile. SMB has not even been able to post to the boards as herself because of it, and was off the board entirely for a long time.
Your username (long story) and the fact that you appeared and talked to her almost right away had us concerned - that's all. No offense intended.
Please understand that the only reason we are watching anything at all is because we HAVE TO, and because of the history and the problems - it has nothing whatsoever to do with anything you have ever said or posted at all. It has taken a team of people to watch for things, and many folks actually trigger off many little things to try and be very sure about new posters, and we are just perhaps over vigilant in SMB's case regarding the BA thing, because BA has his history. He scares people - and there is a cause for concern for safety and to be as sure as we can be.
Please accept my apology. I meant no harm to you - and sincerely mean that. Sometimes, to get the truth out of BA, you have to make him angry. It works. The unfortunate upshot here was that it also hurt you, an innocent person, and I had no intention of that whatsoever.
Apparently you have been around long enough to have seen the revolving door of usernames!
Interestingly enough, for the first time today BA stated that his use of my username was meant to be a joke. He has never indicated that before. News to me. I guess I could see that, in a strange way. Not funny to me, but...and I did see someone using Pepperband's name not too long ago - albeit in a benevolent manner, trying to clean up the Notable Posts thread.
Again, please accept my apology. I do really mean that.
SB
