After-burners engaged...
 
    Michael, I'm  afraid you're using  the wrong pronoun.   "We" don't
have  the power  to do  anything.   "You", meaning  Eric, do  (does?).
DISTRIBUTE and  the backbone have  caused him great need  for asbestos
clothes in  the past.  Let's  not put him  in the position  of needing
them again.
 
Ross