If you're warming to emoticons, does this mean you may be warming to the idea of using the avatar that I made for you before? I still have it, y'know!
As for the thread, I'd rather not go there myself, the topic never ends well. To answer in a nutshell though, I'd say a bit of all the points mentioned, but I'd rather move on and focus on the present and the new regime under Rodgers, myself.