Seeing as you started this totally off topic and attack thread, it is heartening to see how politely (as you requested) that Keith showed you to be provocative, dismissive, and intellectually..um..well.....
I believe that is in fact the definition of an internet troll, is it not?
Since he uses their own words, I can understand the discomfort some posters have with Keith's resurrecting of their faux passes.
I rather enjoy the squirming, dancing and avoidance practiced by those posters, and I notice, yourself.
Mr Brown's absence was welcomed by me, wondering if he had taken my suggestion to meet with Mr Cohen. Oh well, good things do sometimes end.
All the best.

Dumb, but learning...Prof Em, BSc(ME), CAE (FYI)