Would you like me to close this thread?

Mick-

That was not the question I asked. If I had asked for this - why would you consider that my wishes should be more important than any other contributor to this thread's subject? Why do you appear so keen to delete this thread?

Why would there be any need for such drastic action as closing an entire thread just because there is an attempt to 'hi-jack it? But you did not say you would delete the entire thread in such cases - you said post.

If a post is an attempt to hijack a thread, it can be deleted.

This thread would be a lot shorter if all the posts attempting to hi-jack it - were to be deleted. The length of the thread seems to be an issue for some posters- who lengthen it even further when they post just to say so.