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Okay, I did just read every post of that thread. I also paid attention to what was said on or off topic. Do you want the play-by-play statistics? I counted 23 posts that were directly on topic. 24 posts were off topic but reasonably defending a point of view against someone who was obviously just trolling. All of the above were authored by either Na, Murray, Freddie, JeffHansen, DazzaB, Haley, cernunnon, Labrug, Grant Watson, Neville, or Logos. All people here who I have argued with previously and respect their opinions and their contributions to this forum. That leaves 26 posts that were all obviously written by one guy with many names, who came across as a complete dickhead. It was funny to a point, but as I said before, the first time I tried to read the entire thread I simply got bored by him. He reminds me completely of the Monty Python 'Argument' sketch: "Is the right room for an argument? I've told you once. No, you didn't. Yes, I did. When? Just now. No, you didn't. Yes, I did. No, you didn't. Excuse me. Is the five minute argument or the half hour? Oh, just the five minute. Thank you. Anyway, I did tell you. No, you most certainly did not. Let's get one thing straight: I most definitely told you. No, you didn't. Yes, I did. No, you didn't. Yes, I did. No, you didn't. Yes, I did. This isn't an argument! Yes, it is. No, it isn't. It's just contradiction. No, it isn't. Yes, it is. You just contradicted me. No, I didn't. Yes, you did. No, no, no. You did just then. That's ludicrous. Oh, this is futile. No, it isn't. I came in here for a good argument. No, you didn't. You came in here for an argument. Well, argument isn't the same as contradiction. Can be. No, it can't. An argument is a collective series of statements intended to establish a proposition. No, it isn't. Yes, it is. It isn't just contradiction. Look, if I argue with you. I must take a contrary position. But it isn't just saying No, it isn't. Yes, it is. No, it isn't. Argument's an intellectual protest, contradiction just the automatic opposite of any statement the other person makes. No, it isn't. Yes, it is. Not at all......" At one stage, he got a tiny bit creative and made up another alias which tried to argue with himself, only so he could be seen to 'win' something, but in general his lame arguments were simply automatic contradiction and only trying to provoke a reaction. I now look up at everything posted in THIS thread, and realise that it was begun by the same anonymous person, who brings up their one-and-only point simply to gain leverage into another trolling match. 12 anonymous posts, all by the same troll with an agenda against those people in the previous thread. 2 posts being cynical, with reason, about the value of continuing this tired argument. (JMuzz, JeffHansen) 3 posts being reasonably on topic, presumably because they hadn't read the previous thread (Tom Camp, Paul Treasure, and myself) 5 posts responding to the increasing stupidity of the anonymous troll. (Logos, Labrug, and again myself.) I notice that when the troll could not reasonably defend himself against my accusation of being a nutter, he made up another persona to try and defend himself. When I refused to take the bait, but proclaimed myself quite happy to antagonise in return, the troll decided (for once) not to automatically find fault and oppose every sentence that was said, but to deflect back to his original tired argument . However he made the mistake of pointing me back to the first thread...as if that would somehow make his argument seem justified. ? But it simply and finally pointed out that this troll has lost his reason to exist. Nothing he can now say will hold any further credulity. I've seen through him, and therefore he now becomes invisible. If he wants to return he'll have to do a damn sight better job at disguising himself. Cheers, Craig ~<8>-/====\---------