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Originally Posted by yonmon

Would ' an ostrich' in this instance happen to be a euphemism for 'a gadgy', which was your previously stated if ill-chosen definition of this fellow Forum user ?.
I happen to disagree with most of his opinions, which like everyone else he has a right to air, and which are I feel at times stated to wind the more conservative- minded amongst us well and truly up !... but would hopefully draw the line at using criticisms which are merely name-calling and suggestive of a flaw in another's character and behaviour... ( a simple and easy tack to take when someone has nothing more informative to say !) .
It could well be that he (or she ?) is an extremely sensitive person to whom the careless jibe could be emotionally injurious... and, worse still, might entrench his anti-Leam opinions to a degree which would cause the most mild-mannered amongst us to join in his vilification !!... Revived Red !.....I haven't strayed from the cause..honest !.

I just get fed up when the record's stuck