Actually I was being facetious... people in general get bent out of shape over the littlest stupid things and I don't think people fighting or misunderstanding each other is at all interesting,actually it is quite annoying.  

My general response to most bothersome,unfortunate or dangerous events in life is... "Well, that was interesting" or "Well,that was fun"...  I don't actually enjoy what happened, I just generally feel the need to attach a semi sarcastic or facetious note to the events that proceeded. I sometimes help design products and I've found that people respond less favorably to a statement like: "The design of the hinge is way too sharp at the rear and could lead to a sever pinching hazard" They tend to ignore the suggestion as opposed to saying "although the general shape and angle of the hinge is esthetically pleasing, it is quite possible that the small pieces of flesh that will accumulate in the hinge due to it's sharp edge may mar it overall performance".  Most of the time people will snicker at that and consider the suggestion. I sort of meant it like that.

So my point was more or less like: "An open edit option is a better idea since it will allow someone to go back and fix something they wrote as opposed to having to make another post some time later(and possibly several responses later) where the person who may take offense to what was said may not ever notice it... unless that is the intention, which could be one possible option of such an odd choice in edit function,since I understand some individuals do enjoy conflict and rivalry, although that does not seem to make sense given the nature and purpose of these forums."

One nice feature I recently (just now) discovered about this text window (that what I'm calling this box I'm typing this in) is that at the bottom it tells you how many words you've typed... which is currently 324.... which tells me I typed way too much to communicate the simple idea: "Sorry... Thats not how I meant that".