So you wouldn't say that Russ, bringing up the point that this thread compared very favorably with all the others, wasn't at least obliquely referring to the same 'issue'?!

As someone that is often the victim of personal slander and attack, merely for bringing up arranger related points (you'll notice I don't make my comments personal ones, unlike many of my detractors), you might understand that I am quite concerned about the civility (or lack of it) that often mars our community. To see the exact people that can't keep personal slur out of other threads behave civilly here simply shows that they ARE capable of doing it, if they give a toss.

And perhaps mentioning the fact MIGHT encourage them to look at the degree of beatitude they could inject into arranger related threads also If that's a compulsion, it's one with a good idea at its' heart.