Palemoon,

I hear you loud and clear, and without returning to the tone of that thread I spoke of tolerance and respect .... and I respect your point of view, although it would appear the party responsible for the allocation of the AP's, distributed them carte blanche to kill the thread without looking at too deeply at the postings. I found that "Flying of the handle" and "Jumping to conclusions" are dangerous sports.

I agree, I do not see US citizens bashing us "down under" in this forum but there are individuals who do, on both sides elsewhere, fortunately they dont speak for the majority and are generally ignored. Coming from the US you must admit you pride yourselves on democracy and free speech - and with that I guess the fringe elements have the right to be heard, no matter how painful their words.

I have never been one to sit in silence when I have something to say and am quite happy to sign my name to it.

Kindest regards.