[Howlin]

Don't jump threads - If you get involved in an argument in one thread, it's considered poor manners to restart the previous argument in the middle of an unrelated thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/help.htm#guidelines

[Dark Skies]

Thx...actually, this was more a matter of a poster (me) following the general evolution of thought from previous posts and commenting on the current article with an eye to that general evolution of thought (as it was addressed by other posts on FR).

In this particular case, there were articles by Daniel Pipes and others that spoke to the frustration among many in the nation as to the perceived lack of "clear speaking" regarding various events pertaining to the war on terror.

I would wonder instead what kind of manifestation of poor manners it is to troll from thread to thread in search of possible (hopeful) violations against such prohibitions of bad manners.

I don't mean you, Howlin, but no one likes a tattletale. They are always exercising the worse kind of manners. What kind of small mind is it that runs to the teacher when an ever so small breach of good taste "might" have occurred.

Well, I think that summarizes my perspective in this tea pot tempest.