OFF TOPIC: Please skip to the next post if you know what's coming.
I apologize to the general membership, readers at any time, and all but one of the other participants in this thread for feeling that this needs to be said, again, to this particular member. I also apologize for disrupting the conversation. Again.
Just leave me out of any of your conversations. It is simple, really.
I agree,
@12oclockhigh. It's about as simple as it gets. You are either in the conversation or not. You decide to hit "Post reply" and join in. I will praise, learn from, take note of, ignore, or refute your contributions as I would any other. You cannot have it both ways. I think that you have valuable knowledge and a grudging willingness to share it, but your knowledge is not unique by any stretch of the definition. Your opinions are no more/less valid than anyone else's. In short, withholding your contribution will not create an unfillable hole. (Nor would mine, come to think of it, but I chose to offer what I can and to expand my knowledge so that I can be more helpful in the future.)
I truly don't care which side of the fence you land on, though I believe I could be forgiven by the general membership for expressing the hope that the fence is very, very tall.
Also, this is not my conversation, and if you thought it was, why did you chime in? These threads are public conversations. If they can be said to be owned by anyone, they are owned by all of the participants, not just me, you, or even the original poster.
You chose: in or out. You don't get to shift it to me, 'cause like I said, I don't care.
In future, please post on topic, start a topic on the different subject of your preference, or refrain from posting. Those are the only options as I understand them.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled forum thread...