I have assumed that the 'spirit' in which this thread was intended was not to say, It has always been like this, so it should remain so.

If it was to argue in favour of the status quo, placing the EFDSS letter here was probably not on topic. If it was to demonstrate and argue for a change, then it was perfectly on topic.

Or are there people who seriously wish the attitude demonstrated by above interesting examples and our current patchy, furtive and largely infeffective response to manifestations of this attitude, to continue in the dark?