I'm not second-guessing daperl further. He can answer for himself (herself?).
And no of course I don't consider his post to be "a contribution to a better thread". Same goes for most of the posts here lately IMO.
What an odd question though. I think it really is time for an "ask the moderators" thread though. Anything to get THIS one back on topic and off the petty stuff.
[...]obvious sociopath[...]