[Boatanchors] Offended by "Ham-mered?"

[David Stinson]

I've been told a couple of people are "offended" by
my description of a piece of gear which has suffered
 the usually pointless, needless application of 
"the golden screwdriver" 
as having been "Ham-mered."

Well, when I remove the bottom cover of a 70-year-old
war veteran and expect to see the nicely-laced 
wiring harness and other details of craftsmanship,
like this:
https://goo.gl/photos/4uawNGBuwBjyRN7T8

and instead, what I see is this:

https://goo.gl/photos/xJmkVRd9kc2jTNqB8

it's just a bit much.... a bit.
Why for Pity's sweet sake cut all the lacing out and
leave this spider web??

Although most of us *including me* were guilty of this
sort of "sin" in our youths and would not do so now,
I think my use of the term "Ham-mered" 
entirely justified.That's the only word that  describes
what's happened to this poor modulator.

Regards,
Dave AB5S