The January episode to which you refer was not 'wholesale character incrimination', but simply an attempt to reclaim our board from the never-ceasing daily nonsense that you and your associate insisted on repeatedly posting. Whilst ignoring of the number of respectfully-worded requests that you stop, the personal and bitter nature of what appeared on these threads steadily increased. It had gotten to the point where pretty much any statement made was met with a tiresomely predicatable volley of vitriol and reactionary chest-thumping. The feeling of relief when you were both shouted into giving it a rest was palpable, and for a few pleasant weeks, people were able to act and interact like responsible adults.

Please be assured that the entire episode wasn't pleasant from my perspective either, and it was certainly a great shame (I use the word carefully) that it was required in the first place.

Since the major sources of your intellectual outrage have since departed both the company and this board, I would have hoped that your cooler heads might have prevailed. Recent days have suggested otherwise though, and I do detect a large pot of simmering resentment and malignant self-consiousness threatening to boil over.

Can I suggest now that it might be a good time for you both to back off a little, and to leave the personal attacks and questioning of personal motives to those who, quite frankly, do it better. You can be sure that there is not much that will escape analysis and discussion by the clever people here, and if you spend your time reading and thinking instead of posting when you get the urge, you might surprise yourself by what you learn.