This is what I mean by depressing, Mr. K. You all claim to abhor poor old fight-em-all-off-Dan, but it seems to me you all prefer to pile on him like so many over-muscled football-players than to engage in substantive dialogue with anyone inclined to a less pugnacious approach.
At one point, I thought that this thread could actually serve as a way to bring together people with different points of view, who might choose to use this opportunity if not to reach consensus, at least to gain some sort of empathetic understanding of where other people are coming from. That was naive of me, no doubt. I see that many, if not most, contributors to this thread simply come here to Do Battle with the Enemy, thereby to stimulate their adrenalin (beats going to the gym, perhaps). In the process, unfortunately, a lot of sound and fury, signifying absolutely nothing, gets unleashed.
This is not aimed specifically at you, Mr. K. On the contrary, you have shown that you personally are quite open to discussion (as distinct from debate, of the cheezy high-school variety that Dan decries). But, frankly, I have really begun to wonder why anyone bothers posting to this thread. Perhaps you can enlighten me, at least where you yourself are concerned.
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