Sheep behave like that because they are in close proximity and innately suggestible. Thinking humans on Usenet are neither.
Steve, we accept you hold your view and we acknowledge your right to kf TMH and not contribute to any thread which includes him (if you so wish) but you also need to accept that (almost?) everyone else contributing doesn't see things like that. Now you really just need to drop this before you commit the ultimate sin of Usenet - being Boring.