I had hoped that the the two threads that CH now proposes to lock, both of which I felt to be in bad taste, had finally been laid to rest; sadly I awakened today to find that both had been resurrected, adding nothing to the reputation of this forum. I therefore completely concur with the idea of locking them, but would suggest that CH go further and delete both (after archiving, of course) -- they have served their purpose, we-the-people have been allowed to express our views, and that should be sufficient.
Posted under "Off-topic replies" since I don't want to contribute further to either of those threads. I would also be happy for this sub-thread to be deleted if/when the two main threads are deleted,
** Phil.