On other forums, where poster edit and delete are the norm, a new sport has sprung up, much beloved of the more blinkered posters.

It works like this:-

I post a blatantly inflammatory comment.

You respond in great detail, and with considerable vehemence, as expected.

I edit my post to something quite innocuous.

You look either a bloody fool, or a raving maniac.

Not the best of ideas. This forum, despite some fairly questionable exchanges, does generally stay within the bounds of reason.

It ain't broke! Why fix it?

Don T.