If all three of us are New Englanders ... Maybe we should all get together and have a hug-out or something.
Make that 4 of us; I'll be there!
Also, I think he was just trying to make a guess based on the name, which isn't even close.
I disagree with your approach to exclude OG, or anyone based on the sole-fact that they've excluded you, but this is a conversation that has been done to death and it isn't unreasonable to distrust their network once they've distrusted you.
I read through the thread briefly and I have found that most of the accusations leveled against Lauda, OGNasty and crew(s) are either too petty to pretend to care or too complicated for me to wrap my head around. The outcome is that both Lauda, OGNasty and even probably a few people that personally dislike me are on my trust-list, because I see them as making the community better.
It's sad to see users like philipma being accused of inflating their own trust, as if that would have any impact, when they are already in the "hall of fame" in terms of the most trusted users. Anybody would be foolish not to trust them. I see these kinds of accusations as malicious and having ulterior motives.