So there's been some lively discussion regarding Red Flags since my last post - this is good!
Seems like the concept of "passive" or "background" RF has hit a nerve. When evaluated within the context of my proposal as to how to deal with a RF, aka don't ignore it but instead take a hard look, raise the issue, discuss it, suss it out, evaluate it, etc. (notice nowhere in there have i said nuke the R at the first sign...), i'm not sure i get the problem with such an approach. In fact I can't say I agree with any other approach.