I'm sorry but it needs to be said that this thread is far more about the aggression, vituperative bile and sheer depressing bullying joy that people behind keyboards find in today's age of Twitter and social media.
I've know Briggs for 15 years. I probably agree with about 10% of what he says. It does not matter one iota. You do not speak to people like that, not on the streets, not in ordinary conversation and not online either.
Grand designs, whoever you are, you are a bully and I find it far sadder watching you try and empower yourself by putting other people down than anything else here.
I truly hope Martin bans you immediately and I never have to hear from you again. It's disgusting. Briggs has posted almost 30,000 times on this forum and somehow managed to resist calling anyone "retarded" or inbred in all that time. You managed it in 18 posts.
You truly represent all that is sad and horrible about the way the world has moved. I hope to never ever hear from you again.
And before you gleefully attack me, have at it. White Knight? How sad it is that you consider it an insult when one comes to the defence of a fellow human. Good for you Crush, I'm with you. Tell me how more educated you are than I am, how trollish we all are and how enlightened you are. I will tell you know, and consider this advice for life, you will get absolutely nowhere in you're hopefully illustrious future career in writing treating people like that.
Some men see things as they are and ask why. I dream things that never were and ask why not?