"Generalizations are ALWAYS wrong"
Bzzzzt.... sorry.... care to play again? :-)

" I now recognise them as such"
So you took responsibility for your own reactions and emotions... what I'm asking is why can't/don't others?

"in this instance, no response"
Their silence is way more telling than my questioning....

I will continue to lay way more 'blame' (not the best word for what I'm after, but I'm undercaffinated) at their feet than at someone like Martin Gibson.....

After all, who is more foolish? The fool, or the fool who takes his blustering seriously?