Firstly the "feelings of intensity" I personally don't have. And I hope by some of my language I have, nt inspired them. I actually joined this forum because of the quality of the posts. I noticed the tendency to back arguments up with hard facts and that is where I like to be.
My comment was not directed at you, just an observation about how often the ring/radial topic comes up and how divisive it appears to be.
One point I would like to make. The fused plugs are a direct consequence of the ring circuit with its 32 amp OCPD.
No, they were deliberately created together.
The UK used to have two common plugs, rated at 5A and 15A (and a further two uncommon at 2A and 30A) , each on a radial circuit. This is wasteful of wiring for a large number of plugs, and inevitably you will end up with the wrong one for your application.
So the IEE (as the IET was then) came up with a proposal post-WW2 to keep costs down, safety up, and allow a large number of sockets as they foresaw the growing need for electrical power.
Hence the idea of a "universal" plug for most applications, but with a selectable fuse rated for the appliance. Today you can get that easily in 3A, 5A and 13A but from suppliers like RS also 1A, 2A, 7A and 10A. With such a fuse you don't care (within reason) what the supplying feed is rated at, so the committee finally settled for a typical 30A fuse behind this (also ensuring
total selectivity with a 13A fuse in the event of a fault).
Of course the modern 32A B-curve MCB fails on selectivity but that is a topic for another day (see many posts on garage/out-building supplies)!
The rest of the world does not need them and its very convenient that way.
It is convenient, but wasteful.
The lack of a fused plug means the appliance cable has to meet the disconnection ratings of the main supply. For a typical MCB in the 10-20A range the adiabatic limit requires 1mm cable. So even for a small power demand you are wasting copper simply to meet the supply characteristics instead of, say, 0.5mm and a 3A fuse.
And as you can't sensibly push this supply up due to the final flex issue, you might need several circuits instead of the one ring.
Yes, it works perfectly well and most EU countries, etc, are quite safe, but it is a waste of the Earth's resources in doing so!