True, but that was clarifying what the end result was intended to be. Although it's gone off track as far as that's concerned. But it seems the literal meaning of the first post is causing the confusion and debate.
naomi - // Theland's conspicuous by his absence on this thread. I wonder why? //
It will be one of two reasons -
1. He has suffered some imagined slight and he is waiting for his thin skin to repair.
2. He has done as he usually does, encountered some solid opposition to his views, so he has abandoned this 'spoiled thread' and will pop up again in a day or so with another one.