blattie dearest,
1) You are allowed to defend your opinion as anyone here, but you are
not allowed to insult other members and be rude to them, whoever they are
2) I "called upon" certain members because their articulate posts often contribute to raising the level of a thread, and it
doesn't imply me agreeing with him/her
3)
tightslot's reference to masturbation is purely metaphoric, while yours was very crudely referred to his/her sexual habits (and this is is something that is not very polite in my book
)
play the ball not the player 