Jeff, if you hadn't locked it, I would have done. And if I'd done it, several people here would have been banned.
As it is, I shall not act against anyone personally. The behaviour has been noted, though, and some are skating on very thin ice indeed.
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Let me be specific. This topic plainly arouses exceptionally strong feelings and it is for that reason alone that I have refrained from imposing bans on several contributors who in any other circumstances would have received that which they deserve.
There will be no more threads on this subject, as three have demonstrated (along with affirming Godwin's Law) that rational discussion is impossible. Any that are started will be closed.
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Jeremy