Right, folks. There’s clearly some behaviour in this thread that’s out of line. Let’s dial it down, take the heat out and stop making it personal.
And some political discussion is inevitable given the topic, but let’s keep it as focussed as possible and refrain from broad brush statements or discussion of political topics unrelated to the thread subject as that’s just likely to lead to a row.
If I wake up tomorrow and find that anyone else has been less than civil in this thread overnight, it’s getting locked until I have time to deal with it and any users failing to adhere to basic netiquette properly in the evening. That’s easily avoided by recognising that we’re a global, diverse community and engaging with others who likely have different views to ours with respect and consideration, as many of the posters in this thread have indeed managed to do!
