PBL
Your feelings on this matter are appreciated.
As
Bearfoil has pointed out, his approach to the subject can possibly be categorized as "antagonistic", in the sense that he will rubbish the Airbus design concept and the BEA's investigation integrity in order to stir up a response. I can go along with that knowing that when all is "done and dusted" that the truth will emerge.
Other than that, this thread has produced a lot of useful information in relation to this accident, and somewhere within it will be various pieces that when all put together will match what really happened. Producing that necessarily involves a degree of technical rhetoric in order to put and contest the various theories propounded.
Until that final truth is revealed, I am sure that a good deal more discussion, be it classified as frustrating rhetoric or not, may help you and many others understand some of the complexities inherent in FBW aircraft and the environment they operate in.
It has helped me!
mm43