I will not name the diary in question but there was an unfortunate misunderstanding tonight and some actions that were quite wrong on my behalf. I sort of skimmed over a diary (reading only the beginning) before commenting, I was tired (not that it's really any excuse) and missed something important. As a result I posted a comment that I thought was in line with the message of the diary, which I thought was a light-hearted attack on the candidate wars. Unfortunately it turned out I had missed the whole purpose of the diary which was very serious indeed. I posted a comment which was intended to be light hearted but in context looked like a cruel insult.
I am not trying to excuse what I did; in particular I should have not defended the comment when people started complaining about it and instead should have re read the diary for some context. Unfortunately I only read the crucial part of the diary when the whole thing was over. I’m deeply sorry to all the people I have offended.