Today I woke up and went straight for the computer with exactly the same thought in mind. Especially because I feel very responsible about the entire thread, having started it. The last thing I would wanted to see on perlmonks is a series of "Slashdot flame wars" going on, and I feel extremely guilty for having started one. You beat me to it Ozy, but I shall make yours my words:
I appologize again to Aighearach (I've memorized the spelling of your nick now, dude), and everyone. I was way out of line and should have noticed before I started.
Trust me when I say that if I could make this appology more public than this, I would...