On 12/12/13 2:53 PM, Ihe Onwuka wrote:

Wow talk about thin-skinned!

If that's the story you have to tell yourself, I'm very sorry.

If I didn't have better things to do I could get seriously hacked off
because as has already been explained here the intent of the thread  had
nothing to do with being upset at people not following XML rules.

I'm not sure why you think that being the original poster gives you control over where a thread goes afterward or what it means.  This list is pretty famous for its wandering.