"When the PROTOTYPE POLICE start paying for stuff, then they can call the shots."
100% agree with you in principle. However, I don't mind it when folks point out possible variations from prototype in a civil manner. When threats of violence or examples of unwarranted absolutism/arrogance are part of the post, it's time for that post to be deleted as anti-social, and, not incidentally, often mildly to wildly inaccurate/unreasonable. Insisting that one 50-80 year old photo on the web is definitive is an example of the inaccurate/unreasonable.
This thread has mercifully been entirely civil and useful. Much appreciated.