You can't have a thread pondering over people who carry on reading what they don't wish to (makes you wonder what they could be doing instead) and comparing them with those who stop reading (seems logical) and not have people say things they are ashamed of after reflection. The rather abrupt stance not to carry on discussing by one regular contributor above being an excellent example.

That is a garbled way of saying I accept your apology, delivered by snapping at somone else rather than saying you made a bad judgement call defending the worm, but such an apology isn't needed. I'm not important. Those who are labelled before they open their mouths, they are the ones you should apologise to.

In the meantime, Akenhateon rolls out his diatribe and challenges people to challenge him. Not easy when he has a few suspect apologists saying he should be getting a fair hearing. Fair hearings can be distressing for those innocently opening a thread, not realising Mudcat cannot differentiate between freedom of speech and promotion of hate, or hate crime in The UK, as it happens to be.

Catch 22. I'm not willing to ignore and join the gone crowd because lack of challenge can be seen as acceptance by shallow people promoting a hateful agenda. That will never do.