well, if I were to "look up" the relevant threads, I'd get dragged back into that bad place we just came out of as a forum, lol. Let's just say that there's been too many good folks shot down for that (as you noted, it's pretty harmless in general), and all too often it resulted in some pretty ugly things exchanged.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)