Not closed yet but I am almost ready to trim off everything but the first post by the OP. I have already trimmed off the worst of the offensive posts and do not intend to need to do any more here on this thread. I hope that is understood by all. We are all free to disagree with each other on the facts and to express our opinions, but none of us, including me, is free to directly criticize other members on this forum. That does not mean that I would in any way restrict the free exchange of ideas but that is far from a freedom to exchange insults.
Knox, If you are eager to change your title, go do it. It is available for you to edit by going to the "My Settings" page then go to the "Profile" tab and edit the "Member Title".
Shelagh, for now I am going to leave the thread open for further civil discussions.
Lady Severum, let me apologize, on behalf of the forum and the MODs, for the treatment that you received in this thread before anyone noticed it and did anything about it.