I closed the thread mentioned at the beginning. I did so after a warning regarding the arguements becoming too personal.
The warning wasn't heeded and the thread was closed. The same warning goes for this and any other threads that descend to similarly abusive levels.
Many of you are aware of the tragic degeneration of other helo lists and forums. We're not prepared to see it here. 4 Dogs summed it all up most succinctly - please reread his thoughts on the subject.
This has always been a moderated site and will remain so. There are an estimated 50,000 other discussion boards out there so you can't say you don't have a choice.
Rob Lloyd