Ok, but you still can't respond like that. The rules apply regardless of whether someone else started it or was behaving worse. Otherwise everyone would have an excuse for everything, since it always feels like someone else started it.

Understood, I'll refrain from responding in that way in the future. In retrospect, I do realize that I shouldn't have said anything.

Thanks for understanding. Believe me, we know what the frustration feels like. The internet, including HN, is crazymaking sometimes.