The forum means a lot to me, as it does to many. I don't like the way personal insults are posted publicly in reaction and justified, when these could be easily dealt with by just ignoring them. As indeed my posting could have been.

Shooting the mesenger, whilst ignoring the message is also another less attractive trait. But if the forum wants to continue to indulge in these things, thought should be given to how this appears to less committed vistors to the forum.

It may not have been the most worthy post I have ever placed, but I did give it a lot of thought, as I have already explained. I suspect also that the comment may have been posted here anyway, even if I had not done it.

Perhaps that was partly why the original comment was made?