[Always Right]

How is this thread instigating a flame war?

You state the opponents will stop at nothing to protect the status quo. That's a bunch of BS flame-bait if I ever heard it. Just try to get pigdog to admit the sky is up. Talk about someone who will stop at nothing.

[Principled]

I do believe the opponents will stop at nothing. That is evidenced by the alternating opinions on, for example the rate being too high then too low. It is evidenced by putting a mod in a position of great embarrasment to FR - almost DU like - having a mod take sides, ridicule and berate posters on a thread. Evidenced by the "screw you pigdog - i found your parents" with a pic of animals copulating.

Perhaps that's not "stop at nothing" to you - but it is to me.