Thank You for your post Ops. Perhaps I am being pompous, hence my tongue in cheek comment. The point I was making is that if Pprune rigidly sticks to its professional pilots mantra, then it will lose some valueable inputs along with the silliness. I'm not classing my input as valueable although on some matters I believe I have been able to shed a little light.
I understand Danny's concerns regarding litigation, but let's face it, the aviation industry is rife with self censorship - the discovery of the levels to which this extends came as rather a shock to me, and Pprune is about the only place I can think of where it is possible to air certain issues at all.