In most topics I would go back and have a look at what I had...

In most topics I would go back and have a look at what I had said, considered what I had written and even if I thought that I was being fair!

I would have apologised even if I didn’t agree that I had been any of those things that you suggested but not on this particular topic.

As it is, I spent some time trying to arrange my post so as to be as “polite” as I possibly could with my honest response.