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> I'm in a mood to be especially caustic for one who is flatly wrong...
Comments like this are never acceptable here, no matter how right you are or feel you are. This site is for people who have basic standards of decency, at the very least. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
My outburst should have been concealed in more diplomatic language, I'll grant.
I am frightened of what I'm doing next (driving to Mazatlan).
Begging your pardon.