So in summary..
We have some 'tools' and 'morons' flashing because they're drawn in like sheep. We have some Aussies and Kiwis living in happy happy land flashing away to say g'day to anyone who cares to look up from their newspaper, and we have some guys flying around on the edge of their seats, with one white knuckled finger hovering over the autopilot disconnect and the other on the landing lights poised to flash at any light, be it aircraft, satellite or shooting star, all in the name of 'awareness'..
But to all you flashers out there.. Why not flash in the day?
Do you not greet others unless under the cover of darkness?
Do ships not pass in the day as well?
Isn't an aircraft harder to see in the day than in the night?