I concur: I've no intention of making any further contributions. It was useful to explore some of the myths of impressment, and even when it moved off-topic it still managed to draw out a lot of helpful detail on how blockades worked, but it's outlived its usefulness.Probably time to have this thread locked.
You forfeited your right to a reply when you descended to insults: you wouldn't have received the previous one if I hadn't been three-quarters through it when you started hurling them. It's a shame you didn't take the opportunity of considering the way you interact with others during your enforced absence from the boards.blah blah blah. If you really challenge yourself then you should bravely attack and defeat or accept the arguments of others instead of tactics of obfuscation such as attacking the source, arguing semantics or going off on tangents.