More than one Mudcat member has posted to this thread, asking me what I meant by putting the word Triage in the thread title.

That's a good point. In more than one posted response, I have offered my official explanation, which is fine as far as it goes, no need to retract it: it stands.

Besides that, however, it could be asked: did some subconscious prompting nudge me to choose a word like "Triage" which is a strong word to some people?

yes, I am a civilian, and also I am not in the health/medicine profession; so "triage" is honestly outside my limited areas of expertise. My understanding of triage may in fact be part mis-understanding.

That said, I associate "triage" with two things:
a crisis situation in which first responders must make rational choices about priorities.
a context in which a chain of command enforces a policy that imposes order upon, shall we say, disorder.

I guess that the way that Max, here at Mudcat, had to change posting access to non-music/BS threads brought to mind a context of disorder and distress, and the imperative to impose order by enforcement.