[FairOpinion]

"Maybe it's just me, but the tone of the thread seems different (more combative and hostile) the past couple of days than the other thousands of posts over the past three months"

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I think it changed -- not just the past few days, but maybe a week or two. Earlier it was more a collaborative thread for discussion and sharing information.

Now it seems to have become more combattive, as you say, to put it mildly. It's a shame, because this is the beginning of the end of an interesting thread, as the many of the very people, who contributed good information fade away.

[jerseygirl]

I noticed a bit of that as well. I just try to scroll through those comments to get to the shared info and concerns.

[Rushmore Rocks]

ditto

[Oorang]

Now it seems to have become more combattive, as you say, to put it mildly. It's a shame, because this is the beginning of the end of an interesting thread, as the many of the very people, who contributed good information fade away.

Your comment bears repeating. IMO this has been a very informative thread (all three of them) as well as educational and at times entertaining. I, for one, do not wish it to die an unnecessarily premature death due to squabbling. Can't we leave that to O'Rilley, Hannity and Colmes?

[JustPiper]

as the many of the very people, who contributed good information fade away

Hey, there are many of us like that still here ;)