I hate to pile on at this point, but yes, I think at this point that maybe you could take this to another thread, chas. What got out of hand here was your initial posts extrapolating a lot from Gary's initial posts, and the bitch-fest that ensued is perhaps putting a sour taste in everyone's mouth, despite the thread being pretty innocent to start with.

Maybe there's a way we could get around all this? Cassp, why not start an 'eJam entries ONLY' thread, then an eJam COMMENTS thread separately..? Ask the membership to ONLY post their entries and NO commentary (of other people's work) on the one thread, and have another (or several) for people that want to comment... separate the men from the boys, so to speak!

This might at least provide an oasis of calm amidst the sturm und drang of the rest of this forum!