"Begging your pardon, Minerva, but I'm a bit baffled here. Was there any particular reason for reacting in such a dramatically affronted way to something I posted, almost as if it were a personal insult to you?
"I don't know you any more than you know me, but I can assure you I'm not a "legal eagle", nor am I trying to "brow-beat" anyone "either for self-interested reasons or out of a misplaced sense of loyalty to the author" in order to "protect vested interests". I was merely expressing a concern about this particular YouTube channel's possible infringements of copyright, as some others in this discussion have also done. I have no great interest in the subject overall and I'm certainly not calling for anyone to be prosecuted over it.
"I'm just sorry my opinion seems to have triggered such indignation and outrage (which I never intended or expected it to) in what is normally such a friendly discussion forum. Couldn't we simply agree to disagree, if indeed we do disagree?
Whatever one's personal stance on this issue, it's surely not worth getting so worked up over."
Dear Courtenay,
Frankly, I'm baffled too! Perhaps it's all the fault of this Litigious age in which we live?
First, I should deal with a couple of red herrings? I don't recall saying that you PERSONALLY were a "Legal eagle" (In fact, the very term is a hoary old cliche, usually employed by people endeavouring to be humorous! So, I guess I failed that task, eh?) Likewise, brow-beating and "Interest", both individually or collectively (the less comment on that subject the better, I would have thought - although there is, apparently, a bit of it around!)
Secondly, I don't think I'm easily insulted, either. So we can cross that one off the list too? And "Indignation & Outrage" seems a tad excessive?
I'm sorry that I wasted your time, since you "have no great interest in the subject overall". I thought it would be an interesting topic to toss into the melting pot. but I was wrong.
I'd also like to apologize for being wrong?
All things considered, I think we should take your advice and "agree to disagree"?
See ya.