Allegheny- I won't quote your post here but just want to say thanks for taking the time to cover it. I grow weary trying to explain this. They were at it even over on the Delta thread! Even if one despises USAPA and everything that it stood for, no matter how one feels about the NIC, this is a different situation.
I am just going to bookmark your post and start copy pasting it. I will credit you, of course.