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Tdol>(I'm assuming you would prefer the use of your handle here, Richard seems a bit too familiar to me)

Well said indeed. The instance of my failing to clearly and explicitly note my non-teacher status before being reminded is clear evidence of the problems you state in action.

At the same time, hesitant though I am to incite an outbreak of toe-stepping-on as I am, it seems clear to me that if the first post that I have alluded to by -nunudada- was locked, the second should be as well, by the same reasoning, [no sarcasm] unless there is some deeper reasoning at work that I am unaware of.

I believe that everyone is capable of applying the rule judiciously on their own (once they are aware of it), I believe that a few well-meaning individuals will inerrantly break this rule, be they aware of it or not, and that appropriate action will be taken in these cases.

I note however that to my limited understanding it seems to have been applied in a skewed manner in the case of -nunudada-(apologies to any involved, who certainly had good reasons for their actions in the matter).