[CyberAnt]

And ... you don't have to have the last word. Sometimes it's just better to exit the topic and leave the person stewing in their own juice. Sometimes people are so set in their distortion of things that facts simply confuse them.

And ... I don't think there is any moral or otherwise requirement about responding. We are all here voluntarily! If you don't like a response - you can reply or ignore it. If it's over the top - you can report it. Otherwise, it should be everybody's choice to respond or not.

[lentulusgracchus]

We are all here voluntarily!

There is the right answer.

When we post up, we're offering a comment in the forum. Nobody, it seems to me, has an obligation to reply, even if I posted to them. Many obligations and time commitments can intervene. I don't think anyone should take it amiss if someone they've posted to doesn't reply.

If they're still posting up, however, some acknowledgment would be nice. But nobody owes me a reply to my 200-word monograph on whether Abraham Lincoln was justified in suspending habeas corpus, or Randy Weaver was obliged to show up for his court date after being entrapped by ATF. I may have opinions that are so advanced, so dazzling, that they may simply stun all the other Freepers into silent awe and admiration; so I can't expect any response right away, and maybe at all! ;^D

[edsheppa]

If you don't like a response - you can reply or ignore it.

Help! I've looked in vain for the Ignore Reply link; where is it?