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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

>> I cannot fathom why a user wants this much rope to hang themselves 
>> with...
>
> The question is not so much why anyone want to do this, but _if_.

Sorry, I think the question should be _why_.

You can gain a sympathetic "Ah, that is sensible, and 'this much rope to
hang themselves with' comment was unwarranted" only by answering that
question.