Good words, qrolby. Except you were too kind to kurremkarm, who clearly is a racist--and proud of it. Is he also a moron? Who knows? I'm not sure if he meant "I am not a racist moron" (referring to himself) or if he meant "I am not a racist comma moron" (referring to me). One of us is a moron and the other is not, but the punctuation is so poor that we can't tell which is which.

At any rate, I've pretty much decided against the pepper spray. I talked to a security analyst I know. He asked how I got out of threatening situations in the past, and I said I pretty much talked my way out. He said that seemed to be working for me and I should continue to use my "people skills."