[You Dirty Rats]

Jim, IMHO one of the key reasons your site has become as influential and respectable as it has is due to the fact that you have demanded decency and respect from all of us. Those that aren't interested in a basic level of civility and respect are really not people most of us care to associate with. There are perfectly respectable ways of expressing strong opinions on subjects without descending into the gutter. It's not a matter of one's political views, either; posters from both the Right and Left have been ZOTTED when they cross over the line, and rightfully so.

Thank you again for creating and maintaining the best discussion site on the 'net.

[Bald Eagle777]

"There are perfectly respectable ways of expressing strong opinions on subjects without descending into the gutter." Good point.

The thing that concerned me the most was the occasional Ad Hominem and other vicious attacks that some would launch against each other. One would think that people would learn how to engage on the issues and on the merits (or demerits) of ideas, rather than resort to childish personal types of attacks. I haven't seen much of that childish gibberish lateley, thankfully.