... has been thrown to the sharks.

Not only had this topic gone horribly off-topic, but I have my suspicions about the original posts itself. There are a no. of behavioural characteristics which suggests to me that the original intent of the thread was deliberately misplaced.

I would also strongly recommend to certain posters who posted in this thread that they don't take everything at face value and get so easily offended; remember - the Net is a faceless medium and it is very easy to mis-interpret what another is saying.