chris wrote:


It's a pity that my expressing an opinion different to your own
results in my being described as self righteous. What happened to free
speech???


Sir tell me where I have attempted to abridge your freedom of speech?

What is a pity is that someone feels that their freedom of speech
has been limited or suppressed simply because an opinion opposite
to the one they hold dear has been expressed by another.

What this tells me is that you may not understand the meaning
of the word 'freedom' in and of itself.