Teribus,

Good grief thats not abuse, I may have described it as aggression but not abuse. Keith was called "professor", you can call me that if you like, I don't care. The abuse on this thread started much later, with comments like.

"WTF!!!! - Can you actually READ Mr Carroll??? What part of this do you NOT UNDERSTAND???"

And this abuse did not not come from Keith, who I have found to be mostly polite though often misguided. It came from you. And later, HiLo.

And as for "gone very quiet" do you seriously think that waiting for your pearls of wisdom in order to give an instant response is all I have to do?

From someone who regards the battle of the Somme as a tactical victory, rather than an unspeakable and unforgivable sacrifice of life, and who does not see the jingoism of rows of current military brass (not veterans) lined up at the Cenotaph to celebrate the incompetence and inhumanity of their predecessors, why am I not surprised.