"I see that even after I capped the old thread, MAV insisted on posting not just once (which could have been a crossing-in-the-mail) but twice"

"What the hell are you talking about? "

Well, MAV old lad, it's like this. When a thread goes on and on it gets inconveniently long, and that means that it takes ages to open it up - and some people can't open it up, because their comouters can't manage it.

So what happens is that, when a thread is getting a bit long in the tooth, some helpful soul, in this case mousethief, starts a new thread with the same name, but Part 2.

And at the same time they stick a post in the old thread, saying what they have done, with a blue clicky underlined link to the new thread. And in the new thread they stick a blue clicky to the old thread.

The idea being to ensure that everyone can transfer their attention to the new thread, and the discussion can continue.

But what you did was to continue posting your messages to the old thread, "not just once (which could have been a crossing-in-the-mail) but twice" - and mousethief's comment which you quoted was suggesting this indicated an element of discourtesy or something. I imagine it wasn't that, you just hadn't picked up on how that kind of thing was meant to work. And your reaction in that last post confirms my assumption.

Too late at night where I am to comment on the rest - except your statement: "I don't remember any name calling, vulgarity or flaming on my part. "

How about, when you wrote "When confronted with an inability to respond coherently, the fascist's best defense is demonization." And that was directed at John P for declining to comment on some things you had said because he felt he disagreed too much with them. (The "find" facility on your browser is a good way you can check-up on past posts).