Good thread - well done OP.
It could be the same few constant;ly checking fur any gramatikal errors - with obvious gleee - but the number of reads showing on this thread suggests it's a topic that does interest many.
I take heart in that. My feeling is that the forum is still dominated ( and I choose the word with care ) by relatively few and of those a very small number by accident or design preserve quite a clique. The freedom of expression of a few is possibly stifling that same 'right' amongst others? No way to evidence really. But ultimately there are nowhere near the number of active participants on here that there could be nor the representation from the trade. Whatever the reason, there is one for it.
Admin ( and Jayb
) do an unenviable job rather well on the whole of keeping things moving. Damned if they do and D'd if they don't - I fully appreciate.
Mischief comes and goes - and we thankfully seem to be on an upswing. Regardless, there's a great deal of good comes from SD - worth keeping that in mind.
In that context, it matters not one jot to me how someone politely expresses themselves. It's the content that matters. If it annoys you so very much to cope with less than perfect literally style, then exercise your right not to read it. I know it can be frustrating going into a thread to have to find out you aren't interested etc - its an imperfect world. But so long as a point is politely expressed, I'm interested in it - whether I agree or otherwise with said point. It would be a shame to think people are led to feel excluded over that.
Now, if you cant say 'hello' without four letter expletive deleted's, you cannot carry on a discussion without character assassination, get your kicks from having the fantasy that you can intellectually tie people in knots, are so desperately sad that you believe for one second that posting after having a skin-full absolves all sins and is jack-the-lad humour; or you can't even follow the simple tenet of 'if you have nothing good to say, it is usually better to say nothing' - quite possibly because your keyboard alter-ego cant abide being 'dissed'. Then why on earth should Admin continue to allow you to inflict yourself on us?
Open, free, fair - to all ... oh and three strikes and you are gone for good no matter who you are
So I put it in here, with it's very large portion of lack of etiquette!.
