we had a similar discussion here, too - if you weren't aware. But on a sidenote...uhm....

mr/s Anonymous Monk, you might wanna check your very own perl book library, if you have one. You'll probably find merlyn's name on some of the covers or certainly in the credits. Like what he says or not, he undoubtedly knows a good deal about this stuff, and there's no need to attack him personally, ("whore", etc.) because you don't like the answer he's given.

and btw...
"you really need to ... let people do what they want."

i think, that was merlyn's point.