Helen wrote: <Tying this into Blake's 7, perhaps the reason for "Avon apologists" is that we feel that the majority of people will condemn him on the basis of likeability alone, and blind themselves to Blake's occaisional manipulation because he is 'warmer'.>

<grin> I'm not being biased - I'm sure you've noticed I adore them both - but I doubt that it has *anything* to do with the risk of Blake being seen by hordes of viewers in a more positive light than Kerr (no, not even small hordes).

Let us face fact. The reason we are Avon apologists is that the dear man does give us so much to apologise *for*. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.