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"As well as provide a vivid example of how I folks turn a disscusion into a debate."

Well, gee Fred, aren't you the self-satisfied, blameless victim of bonsai oppression...You wave a red flag, flaunt your inability to grasp basic human manners, call others names, and hint that breaking the law is acceptable (by the way, doing that on a public forum --in front a law enforcement officer no less --look at John Dixon's profile) and call us boorish and stoopid?

"A few months ago I would probably have reacted with anger similar to yours"

Uh, Denial isn't just a river in Africa. You are reacting with anger, only you've chosen to channel it passive agressively, instead of being honest with yourself. You seem to have far bigger problems. Your bonsai growing field seems to be a few trees short of a forest.