First class post from Fallen Archie @ #58. Erudite and succinct, and I have subsequently Kudo'd him for it.

Seems to me that as in a real life scenario, there are also members of social media forums - and I'm not specifically referring to this one - who think that their opinions, thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc, are the only ones that have any validation.They are intransigent and immovable in their thought processes, to the detriment of anyone else who has a stance which is diametrically opposed and at variance with their own. Other people's are simply denigrated and cast aside as unimportant. Maybe these people - where a forum is concerned - should start one up, exclusively for themselves. They could then banter, talk, debate, argue, and discuss until their heart's content with themselves, and no one would have access to their own private bubble.

And what may I be so bold as to ask is wrong with, however profoundly deep and meaningful the thread/topic, is injecting a bit of humour into proceedings ? It happens in the Houses of Parliament and the Oxford Debating Society, so why not on here ? Someone will always steer it back from the tangent and on to the right track, for those who are offended by the audacity of it all.

Or maybe those individuals mentioned above should simply step down from their high moral ground and take stock. The view to the Great Wall of China isn't all that great after all.