Waffoo ... I really DID read and comprehend your opening post. I had no difficulty with the concept of a discussion of the issues. But, as I read thru all the posts that followed, it became clear that there are a few people who didn't comprehend your post.
Maybe that is part of the problem with the English language itself, especially in written form, in online mediums such as this one. My vote, in my previous post, to close this topic was born of frustration at the way I perceived the discussion to be turning hostile.
Clearly there were others who got the same impression too.
Forget ... glad to see that I got your attention. I think it should be obvious from my previous post that I don't have a problem with those that "care" OR those that don't. We can co-exist so long as there is no attempt to chastise those who "CAN'T", by the purists who "care". That's where I was coming from and it's the point you seem to have missed.
As to your reference to AeroB being oversensitive ... when was that a crime? How is anyone supposed to tell the difference between what is said and what is meant, in a forum like this? In any event, I don't think it would be reasoanble to dismiss the possibility that AeroB might have been confronted by unflattering statements in the past. I don't know him, but I know others from a NESB who have faced such situations.
If, for any reason, someone is unable to express themselves in terms of "the Queen's English", they should not be ridiculed. How many of you would do so in the real world and not expect it to result in a fight?
At the end of a long day, I don't come here to fight. I come here to relax and have a bit of fun ... even to learn what's happening in other parts of the world. But I think I'm as entitled as anyone else, to express my opinion, especially when "discussion" is invited.
It's been interesting to see how all the other posts have come about thru each author's interpretation of the written word.
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