It was within the rules. The quoting poster was later informed about the 'misunderstanding.'
Rather than correct it- he chose to argue it. Personally, I think he has that right (prerogative)- whether many folks agree with him doing it or not.

From my own experience, I would say "give folks enough rope to hang themselves."
The quoting poster created an impression of himself, regardless as to whether or not he was in the rules. That can, at times, be more damaging than a rule infraction.

As I mentioned to Chris Hillman earlier, sometimes things don't as smoothly as we would like. That's unpredictability... these things happen.

But it's over and done with- impressions are made- and so far, Chris Hillman doesn't seem to have made any negative impressions at all. I'd suggest leaving it lie to fade into the background as more posts are made.
So far Chris Hillman's contributions have been well informed and interesting.
Sure, occasionally, any of us can get roughed up at times. Other times, someone reacts too quickly, misunderstands or takes exception... Well, these things happen in discussions. I know they happen with me a lot too.
So you blow the dust off your keyboard and have another go at it.


I was not aware of that email notification feature actually- I will have to watch out for that when I start thinking about deleting my awful, terrible, horrible, no good, very bad posts...