"I don't expect much credit for being relatively steadfast"

No, not steadfast. You have a tendency to assume that if you don't fully understand a point it must be contrary to your views, so you should attack it. My original posting was mildly supportive of you, but pointing out that your post of 03 Jan 11 - 08:01 AM was a rather inaccurate generalisation.

Well I didn't pick up much support. Never mind. Please stick to attacking me, Dave, even though you appear to have difficulty in articulating exactly what it is you're attacking (as with this above post - I note lack of supporting examples, as ever). Better still, why not let us have some of your own views for a refreshing change (second request), instead of affecting to preside over the thread in, er, a godlike manner.