would it help if I said "pretty please...drop it?

Bill - one of the points arising from all of this - that should be slowy dawning upon you by now is that - if this thread or subject on this public disussion forum is not to your or anyone elses tastes - no one is forcing you to even open it. Why would you wish to impose your judgement upon what I choose to do?

You don't need all these layers of management or any anonymous volunteer to close or delete my views for you -if you don't open these threads - as far you are concerned - it is dropped.

It is really that simple. So you can stop trampling over the body of the long-dead messenger - calm down and leave me to it.....

If I plough on - what does it matter to you or anyone else? If I am outvoted - (which I actually doubt) this matters not either. For as I think you have pointed out (probably more than once) this is not a democracy. But this is my view - it is as valid as anyone elses and if I wish to express it - that is a matter for me.

Whether you respond or not - is a matter for you.