You, as always, make good points. I have great sympathy for the editor on a human level, and I too have wound up in over my head in the past. And yet, it is f

You, as always, make good points. I have great sympathy for the editor on a human level, and I too have wound up in over my head in the past. And yet, it is far better for a failing business to be forced to close and for someone that cannot handle the job to be removed from the position than for them to continue to be coddled by employers or society. I must respectfully disagree with one statement you made though. You said, "she truly didn't have what it took ever to be good in this field". Clearly, I have not met this lady, but I am a great believer in people's ability to change. Perhaps success in the field would have required that she learn more, work harder, and perhaps even alter her personality, but I suspect all of those things would have been possible if she truly wanted it. Such drastic changes are likely rare, but they can be done.