Well Mark, I think the sysops here better take a long look in the mirror before casting stones or making conclusions. Specically, your fellow sysop John K. is taking some nasty pot-shots at Nancy.

Until you get your internal house cleaned, none of you have the right to critique or repremand anybody...



>>And, FWIW, when Ed and I are involved in a thread, you can bet the Sysops take a good look at the content...< bg >..
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>... and a few others. :) However, while we certainly have certain duties as SysOps, we are NOT going to play Mommy and Daddy and send people to their own corners. I guess now the assinine PC term is Time Out.
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>I agree [as did you in one of your replies, I believe] some of this should have been done in private, but we have mostly just sat back [i.e., practiced restraint] and let everyone take care of themselves.
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>My primary thought on much of this is, "If you can not make a reasonably defendable statement, keep quiet." I think most of us would be better served by hitting the PREVIEW button first, count to 10, re-read your reply. Then go back and hit the SEND button if you still feel the same about your response.