Yup..guilty as charged..it was a rant. But in my defence, I get a tad irritated when someone dismisses an argument as irrelevant without disproving it.
Anyway Lucysgirl gave a fairly coherent response to my harangue

, and fair play to her for doing it without ranting back.
The 'typical tory' was a bit below the belt..but..meh, I'll take any opportunity to attack a tory no matter how tenuous
As for us falling out over a forum post...ain't never gonna happen