you don't know what you will do until it happens Felix, under stress people behave quite strangely, I have seen grown men I respected for strength cry and wimpy (i thought) teacher types stand up and take on armed men. Thats why debates like this are good. They tend to polarise issues and bring out the emotions so you can address them and clarify things. Indeed, sometimes I find after I have written something, just written it down, it has altered or moderated my own posiiton. Then under stress I behave more calmly because any underlying emotion is already resolved.

I don't ever mind being called out publicly for my statements, I rave on publicly after all. And I am capable of defending my points, they aren't just egotistic spew (to me!). Sometimes it takes a few posts to and for to make me realise something, I don't think i am perfect. Just close.

Changing a few thousand year old culture of so many billion people who don't even talk proper and don't know the craic, well good luck. might take an eon. Easier to let it change you, THAT is my point. You won't turn into a fukkin penguin, you will still be Felix the great and humerous larrikin, just that you will be so much more comfortable and respected. That's how change happens. The stereotypes behave differently and perceptions are altered. Now I have to go and play with my antenna on the roof, and also find out once and for all after 60 yrs whether there is an apostrophe in there's or not.