The para should have read.

I understand and regret the depth of that feeling. But surely in a practical sense only - the issue being discussed matters less than acceptance of the limitations set by our forum - where the different ideas on this issue are currently being discussed?

All that was being said here is simply that no matter how important you may feel any issue is in reality - if you want a positive outcome from any discussion - you have to first accept that posting about and debating the issue on a forum set up for that purpose - is not the same thing as that reality. This does not make the reality of those issues any less vital.

Other posters may be equally convinced that their view is correct and that yours is not worthy of respect. Accusations coming from both sides - of foul play over the writing style and criticisms of any other aspect of how others may post - is unlikely to inform our forum and only going to turn-off any uncomitted reader and result in the issue being buried.