Exhibit 18 introduced Brad The Logician to the world on December 1, 1998. Brad had been involved in a teensy weensy flame war on rec.toys.action-figures.discuss, in a thread I'd been ignoring even before hostilities broke out. But this one particular message caught my eye. Brad had called someone a "dyke", been called on it, got confused (surprise), and finally had it explained to him slowly. This response was the result:

I apologize.I did mention homoerotic tendancies on behalf of Minty and Pixie. However, this doesn't mean that I am homophobic.....but you are right, I don't like gays.

Brad wins points in the Non-Apology Apology department, the Self-Contradiction department, the General Cluelessness department, and the Russian judge gives him a six.