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Kermit,

I can understand why you’d be upset with me. In your eyes, I’ve hurt one of your good (perhaps best?) friends. I’d like to believe that this is you appealing to your lower impulses, however.
Because what you just did was spoil an earnest attempt at arbitration by Fred.
Just because the outcome wasn’t to your liking doesn’t give you license to wreck his efforts by coming at me, spouting off this insolent nonsense.
Rude as you were, in the spirit of at least trying to improve the situation, I’m willing to clarify and answer some of your concerns.

Let me know once you’ve calmed yourself, then we can begin a real discussion. Otherwise, I’m not wasting my time.

-2B

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