Marqmike, thanks very much for the nice words.
Regarding the appropriateness of political discussion at this forum, like JonD I was surprised at the controversy that resulted from his extremely polite and respectful request. Which to Frank's credit was received amicably and readily agreed with by him, as the OP.
In the past I have seen many requests in other threads for members to avoid bringing politics (and also religion) into the discussion. Jon's request was easily the most respectful and polite request of that kind that I can recall.
And I agree that such discussions have no place here. Although I suppose that arguing about what to argue about is preferable to arguing about such subject matter itself :-)
Regards,
-- Al
Regarding the appropriateness of political discussion at this forum, like JonD I was surprised at the controversy that resulted from his extremely polite and respectful request. Which to Frank's credit was received amicably and readily agreed with by him, as the OP.
In the past I have seen many requests in other threads for members to avoid bringing politics (and also religion) into the discussion. Jon's request was easily the most respectful and polite request of that kind that I can recall.
And I agree that such discussions have no place here. Although I suppose that arguing about what to argue about is preferable to arguing about such subject matter itself :-)
Regards,
-- Al