EXCUSE ME - JAMES - you are TOTALLY out of order, and your aggressive, holier than thou arrogant attitude beggars belief. A keyboard warrior poster like you brings an otherwise interesting, friendly forum right down, so I perhaps I won't bother coming on here any more.
1.Yes you patronising -, I have read this thread and spent some time trying to be HELPFUL to others; and I have not tried to change anyone's opinion - UNLIKE YOU. Merely pointed out alternate views in other posts elsewhere on this forum.
2. I was not wrong to post the links I did as I thought other members would find them interesting if they hadn't already seen. The one you criticize is on THIS FORUM written BY SOMEONE ELSE. The other one was, I pointed out, perhaps more balanced and objective, the clear implication being that the first one wasn't. Seems to me you haven't bothered to read that, or chose to selectively ignore my qualifying comments. My comment re USA based members here is clearly because of the USA related material in that article, and YOU cannot possibly know how many US based members read this INTERNET forum.
3. I will ask my dogs' breeders of 30 years' standing which professional journal the vets' survey was in; the views re bloat/dry complete is also the view of my own vets of 35 years' standing.
4. If I wasn't interested in this subject/thread, why would I have spent hours reading it and posting several times on it? Doh.
5. Can't remember what else you had a go about, and quite frankly at this time of the am cba to be bothered with you further.
Suggest you go take a long hard look at yourself and your (ahem, sorry
) dogmatic, fight-picking attitude - yes, go on, read right back - YOU picked the fight with ME. I don't pick fights, life is too short and I like a peaceful existence.