The original comment I made on this thread was a reference to "biting one's nose off to spite one's face" --- an expression that is in the common vernacular. In context it is not meaningless phraseology.
TXBSAFH then responded with reference to not "being without a spine." Again an expression that is common, and from the context I understood perfectly well what he meant. My comment, which you seem to think is meaningless, was simply a response to TXBSAFH's phrase. I managed to have a reasonable and generally civil exchange with him about what I see as common goals but different methods at reaching those goals.
Having a civil exchange of opinion does not seem to suit everyone's agenda here.
If you thought my reply was uncivilized then maybe you do need to "grow a spine".