Fe Fowl
Simple statistics which you like to show so frequently.
"My guess is that most of us (those that haven't simply blocked your postings) just sigh as soon as we see that the rusty bird has ventured here again.
"Why do you assume you speak for ‘most’ people who read the posts on this forum?"
Simple reflection on many comments that have been made about your contributions to this thread, including those who have noted that they have blocked you.
"By hiding behind a pseudonym you just give the impression of an angry troll who may or may not also post as SLord80 (even if users are only permitted one persona on these Forums).
If you compare SLord80’s posts and mine, you will note that the information and opinions given, and the way they are written, are different in emphasis and style. Is it so hard for you to contemplate that there may be more people than just myself who have ideas that differ from your own?"
Let's look at the statistics for the Forum
Iron Chicken - 24 thanks given, 11 to SLord80
SLord80 - 12 thanks given, 10 to Iron Chicken
.....so, reasonable to see a lot of synergy there. and I for one see little difference in either emphasis or style in your contributions.
"‘Pandatank’ and ‘N Hancock’ have also expressed opinions that do not appear to align with yours – do you think I am also posting under these names?"
I don't see either of these posters continually trying to show that they know better than us mere mortals.
Users of these Forums express a wide range of opinions and so the opinions of Pandatank and N Hancock are unlikely to FULLY align with mine or anyone else's.
Few, if any, of those posting on this particular thread are likely to be 100% supportive of the approach taken by e.g. the UK Govt and the devolved nations (with or without the benefit of hindsight) in tackling a global pandemic, but most agree that it is a problem that needs attention, and not some construct by Big Pharma and all the other "baddies" you reference.
Yes, there are many who use these Forums under pseudonyms (many for very good reasons) but rarely do they try to pretend to be sources of authoritative wisdom. That makes your failure to come into the open an exception. If you maintain your comic identity why should people treat your contributions as anything other than laughable?