If you believed it should be kept to a single thread, why make another at all? According to the dialogue carried out in the first few pages, it looked like the terms were agreed upon months in advance by all concerned, including you. Those who choose not (or in some cases, can not) to join your "Community LS" should not be excluded from this.
As for the bickering, it's pretty clear that no one really meant any harm. It does nothing to continue the argument.
