[Cboldt]

I hear you. I come and go, and sometimes can't resist venting, all the way up to the scale of a full blown flame war!

-- Lurking is easy. --

My point was the simple and obvious one. Easier to not type than to type. Unlike the congressman missing a vote, I have no duty to pipe up here or anyplace else.

I do believe though, that some lurker have it pretty tough, trying to figure out what they are reading. Just saying, lurking isn't completely passive either. It is just quiet.

[KittenClaws]

My point was the simple and obvious one. Easier to not type than to type. Unlike the congressman missing a vote, I have no duty to pipe up here or anyplace else.

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Absolutely, I should not have made the comparison although I placed myself within it :)