Surely the whole point of forums such as this is to encourage a transfer of information together with an exchange of views and healthy debate on matters where opinions differ, but we should be able to argue the merits of the various points of view without descending to the level of making it personal.

In this respect, I have just re-read my earlier posting and have realised that it could be misread as some form of personal criticism of Bear. I do hope he has not taken it this way, and if he has I apologise most sincerely for any bad phraseology on my part which could lead to such a misunderstanding.