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That’s odd. I recall quite a few happy, harmonious years of discussions here on WWMC before you came along to police us, Harry, and to deliver unto us the one true answer to each and every topic. In many discussion threads, we had multiple answers, multiple opinions, multiple experiences and enjoyed hearing a diverse set of views from diverse levels of experience and diverse application domains. You seem unable to understand that discussion threads are shared experiences, that they are often multiple little discussions in parallel. You seem unable to understand that once you, Harry, post to a thread, subsequent responses are not necessarily responses to you. What you perceive the thread to be about is not necessarily what others perceive or choose to pursue. WWMC is no different from any other forum: When one person posts a question, there are 50 other people who wanted to post a similar question but didn’t because they are reluctant to post to public forums. They benefit from the diverse posts but are harmed by personal, critical posts like yours (and like this one) because such posts make participating here seem risky. I’ve dealt with people like you my entire professional career, people who turn things personal when they cannot control them, people who cannot be in a group discussion without thinking that all things in some way tie to what they tried to offer the group, people who do not understand that diversity of opinion is not personal criticism. I am not intimidated. I shall post whatever I wish, whenever I wish, wherever I wish, as long as it is consistent with the group charter. Do not ever presume to think you know why I or any other person is posting any given thing. If you wish to continue with personal comments and to control the discussions, then my opinion is that the door is over there. Close it on your way out.