I can't speak directly for DD of course but I understand the heightened awareness, not fear, of
exploding or fire prone batteries. I never sensed any fear in any threads but I understand that you do exaggerate on most thread openings Mal.
I'm not afraid of ANY batteries (or muslims, or mexicans, or insert whatever here..) BUT, I am aware that some batteries or some products in general can have some very serious problems.
For example, the aftermath of leaving a G7 tab left in a jeep