Which would apparently make me born stupid and ignorant- see, it still works.
Again, flames are a troll's delight. Why indulge them? True stupidity implies a lack of processing power upstairs. Why chastise someone who is limited in this way? Ignorance is a simple lack of knowledge (I do know the differerence, but sometimes defer to common usage, which often does not differentiate between similar, but distinct adjectives), but not all folks fill their knowledge buckets up at the same rate.
Berating those who are a little slower to acknowledge reality (and yes, a flaming death on the highway is a definite reality) probably doesn't do as much to convey the reality as it does to reveal the poster's character.
A while back, I saw a post on another forum. As I read it, I laughed so hard that I blew my beer right out my nose, and had to spend a while cleaning my keyboard. Seems he had a 300D that wouldn't shut off, and he had gone to the local auto parts store, where they disconnected not one, but BOTH battery terminals, to no avail. The poster clearly had no knowledge of diesels, the mechanical nature of the fuel system in his car, and even less knowledge of basic electricity (both terminals?). Thank goodness some of those reading (those who weren't laughing too hard to type) gave the guy a clue. Politely. He fixed his problem, he may or may not still be stupid, and he's a little less ignorant. And in _my_ book, that's a good thing.
Cheers,
Conrad