Whether or not one believes there is a War....Re: you are confusing the issues, STOP accusing!!

...EVERYone knows that there's no Emily Post books laying around on a battlefield.

When one is fighting the fight for people's lives and health, sounding an alert to make the others aware of a possible 'wolf in sheeps' clothing generally has to involve some level of rudeness to the wolf.

Poor wolf.

FF, you have very obviously NOT read (nor taken the time) to read the posts by myself (and others) to 23 when he/she/it originally started posting. They were FULL of compassion, hours of time, and AMPLE amounts of 'the benefit of the doubt'. Those posts were made in response to 23's insults of character to V and other core posters.

It was not UNTIL... the misinformation, fear-inspiring 'HIGH DOSAGE WARNINGS' (that were devoid of any and all mention of that fact that symptoms of Iodine usage are mainly caused by the vast quantity of toxins/poisons being released) and CONTINUED subliminal/subtle attacks on Iodine supplementation (carefully worded as 'oh so innocent' caring & concern) complete with the ever-so-wolfish emotional pleas to the sheep of 'why is everbody attacking me'
...that what you're calling 'rudeness & viciousness' even appeared/started.

Until you've read/absorbed/analyzed/digested the entire posting history of EVERYONE (which apparently you have not), it is truly unfair and rude of YOU to make such strong statements against anyone concernced.

Food for thought: Zeta Potential

While you're reading/absorbing/analyzing all the pages of past posts (as I'm sure you will), try inserting the phrase "zeta water" in the place of Lugols/Iodoral/Iodine in the posts of 23. Zeta water and Lugol's both have about the same level of potential for overdosing and long-lasting harm (aside from the poisons that Iodine releases). I believe that if/when you do that, you WILL CLEARLY see the level of attack that has been waged against iodine...and possibly you'll understand why we ditched Emily Post.