[Gayle]

Yes, freedom of speech is important. I disagree with a number of people on this site and they disagree with me but we have reasonable debates about things and that's that. If you look at the Panopticons for example, I have never once said that you shouldn't be allowed to air your views. I also understand that many people will question the funding issue and they are right to do so - you have the right to know if public money is spent on things, after all, it is your money.

But, if I was walking down the street and someone made an unprovoked attack on me with a baseball bat I'm pretty sure you would think it was out of line. What happened on here the other day was the verbal equivalent of that and of course I wasn't going to stand for it.

I want to draw a line under the incident and forget about it. I'm going to take a break from posting on this site for a few weeks, I think it might be best for now.