Thanks for starting this thread. I was going to raise a couple of these issues and this seems like an appropriate forum.
First off, ecg’s closure message said:
I take issue with the characterization of my invitation as “an attempt to force someone to answer something that you feel was not adequately addressed in its original thread” and “Trying to force someone into answering a question to your satisfaction”. I was not attempting to “force” anything. In my OP I said “I’d like to give you the opportunity to do so here, if you’re willing” and in the note in the other ATMB thread, I said:
(emphasis added)
It was merely an invitation, largely because I had been ordered to cease any sort of side discussion in that ATMB thread. If he chose not to answer, I had no intention of following up further, either with additional threads, or PM’s, or posts in other threads, or by even bumping that thread. I don’t think the language used (“force”) accurately reflects the nature of the request.
Furthermore, this particular poster and I have a bit of a history of being invited to share thoughts on subjects (even in that same forum)
I could understand the “harassment” angle if I had brought it up over and over again, or brought it up in other threads not related to the topic, but this was literally the second time I had mentioned it (the first being the post in which I had actually asked the question).