text: I did not post the comment. This explains why it is not on the site.
  I changed my mind when (on looking back) I saw that your original comment (to 'Jon82') had been deleted by 'Civil Comments' who had decided that your comment "did not meet civility standards". 
  So I thought it best to exit the discussion, given that it made little sense to continue without your deleted comment. BTW, I did not flag your comment.
  But to answer your latest point:- I nowhere said that I approved of the comment which had upset you. In your previous comment to me, you told me that I had "no excuse for apparently agreeing with the original comment". Well, I don't need an "excuse" for something that exists only in your imagination.
  As so many things seem to do.