Vaderisnothayden said: I took his post to be a sneer at me, implying I didn't know what I was talking about while deliberately ignoring the obvious fact that I was clearly rejecting the official definition of the eu. Hence the herd-following comment.

That was neither clear nor obvious to me as an impartial observer. Your post stating, "TPM IS eu," came across as a simple factual correction to the poster before you. You did not preface the statement with a phrase, such as "from my point of view" or "it could be argued", that might have made it clear that you were rejecting the accepted definition of EU.

I had exactly the same thought as TV's Frink when I saw your post. If he had not posted a link to a definition, I would have been sorely tempted to do so.