Sorry about that, Phil.
Turtle, your idea of "rude" is rather quaint. If you'd like to see what's
really rude, check out Marvin's Facebook page. Some pretty nasty comments there. Oh, and you may inhabit a different planet from the rest of us, but the general perception has very much been that Marvin
was abandonware. Again, check out Marvin's Facebook page and visitor posts there for evidence.
Now as a general comment not calling out any individual, I don't tend to confuse "political correctness" with "politeness", nor "being a beta-tester" with "sucking up to the developer at all times". "Being polite" and "being a sycophant" are two different things to me. Courtesy is a very nice thing, but perhaps those who find it synonymous with political correctness and with never directly saying anything should be willing to accept that other people and other nations may have different concepts of what constitutes politeness.