You know, I thought the same thing yesterday. I honestly don't think the OT posts on this thread were insensitive or mean. What this basically amounts to is two guys who couldn't resolve their issues privately and felt the need to put on a big show in a public forum. What exactly are we supposed to do about it? What would be the "civilised, respectful" response? Should we take sides? Whatever comments we make (serious or humorous) won't settle anything. The only people who can resolve this are the two direct participants. I don't care what books they have, or how much they made on their last sale, coming here to attack each other is just silly, and frankly, a little embarrassing.
And as for the Action 1... sure, I'd like to see it, I don't see why someone would want to selfishly retain something that means so much to this community. Would it physically hurt to post a scan? I suppose we, the riff-raff, just aren't worthy to view such an exclusive, glorious image. Whatever.