Couple of quick thoughts:
Thanks to the initial poster for the thread. Just wondering though ... I think there might be a rule about posting links to stuff like this. I know we have one at that other place.
As to the "it's too long" refrain. I appreciate the feedback, but disagree with the premise. I'm not targeting these columns to the message board short-attention-span-theatre crowd. I'm writing semi-weekly essays for people less concerned with how long it might take them to read a piece than what if anything they might take from it. I have no problem being critiqued for the substance, I've just never understood the motivation behind someone taking the time to make his/her only comment that the piece exceeds some arbitrary length they've alotted to reading it.
With that ... here's to slapping Jacksonville upside the head on Sunday.