I am really getting sick and tired of people "warning" new members to "use the search function" in an effort to avoid duplicate threads...

My reasons are as follows:

1. The search function does not always work
2. The new "poster" could have some valuable questions and/or insights to a previously covered topic that has been heavily bogged down with posts entirely unrelated to the original topic.
3. Fresh insights should always be welcome
4. If people are not inclined to view what they would consider to be a "duplicate thread" I would strongly suggest that they quite simply do not read it.

Quite frankly, I cannot see what the problem is. I am very happy to see new and mixed views from new members, and would go as far as to welcome any and all new threads regardless of their similarity to previous threads....

Lighten up people...

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