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Now, hold the phone, McGee. You didn't lead off with "You don't know what you are talking about", you stooped to the opportunity to play the snide card right up front. That doesn't make DLR any more likely to rationally review the subsequent content of your post, nor does it contribute to the discussion in any helpful way. A few Beavis and Butthead types around the boards might get an adolescent guffaw out of it, but all it really does is introduce anti-social static into the discussion, and that, in turn, ratchets up the emotional energy, which contributes to further such postings, which elevates the consternation still higher... Eventually --- BOOOM!! And everyone goes away mad; grumbling about what a cesspool FR crevo threads have become.

I fully understand the human struggle to keep up politeness and manners, but it simply MUST be done. I've made apologies to more than one poster during my relatively short term at FR, and I may have to do so again in the future. But, if I lose my patience, I at least make an effort to keep it off-line; to mitigate the permeation of my angst into the text of my posts. Yeah, I'm not perfect; I make mistakes, but the effort has to be put forth. And, please, don't overlook that I'm taking BOTH sides of the crevo divide to task on this point. As you note, repeating a partial list of names you've been called on crevo threads, the problem is a SHARED problem, and the responsibility to fix it must also be a SHARED responsibility.

Respect for other posters -- whether you agree with their stated position or not -- has got to rule the day; it's got to be everyone's personal responsibility. We see the result of that not being the case, and it's nothing if it's not butt-ugly.