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I appreciate your nomination, and although I may not be an expert on the subject I hope this suffices!

bait
Pronunciation: 'bAt
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse beita; akin to Old English b[AE]tan to bait, bItan to bite
Date: 13th century
transitive senses
1 a : to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks b : TEASE
2 a : to harass (as a chained animal) with dogs usually for sport b : to attack by biting and tearing
3 a : to furnish with bait b : ENTICE, LURE
4 : to give food and drink to (an animal) especially on the road
intransitive senses, archaic : to stop for food and rest when traveling
- bait.er noun
synonyms BAIT, BADGER, HECKLE, HECTOR, CHIVY, HOUND mean to harass by efforts to break down. BAIT implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim . BADGER implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy . HECKLE implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker . HECTOR carries an implication of bullying and domineering . CHIVY suggests persecution by teasing or nagging . HOUND implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing .

Again, I appreciate your nomination, really I do - but I doubt that everyone will agree NOT TO DO IT - and even if they did, I doubt they could keep that promise. If you have taken offense at what I have said, then re-read my comments and then tell me where I made the error. I truely did not see anything productive in anything that either fatima or Hildy were posting except to inflame MizSterious and or others (hence why fatima felt the need to post her response to Miz twice). No one here has said that they hated Hildy and no one here identifies with Mr. Westerfield, so maybe you can explain to me what their true intentions were? Please do not think that I am flaming you, that is not my intent. But I get a little grumpy when I see the crud starting again.

Excellent post Capps..We'll have to post it on all threads me thinks. No I was serious. There is baiting from BOTH sides and I would just like to see everyone called on it, and not just the opposite side. I've seen John Jamieson, Judy, fatima and a couple of others actually tell everyone to stop...we need more like them. Self-policing is ALWAYS the way to go..but for some reason, chaos seems to follow self-policing on these threads.