>You and I may differ on some things ( which I think stem more from difference in life experiences, historical interpretation, current environment, and my crochety old age than serious differences about values or principals ) but we also see eye to eye on a lot of things.
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>I've been reading this thread with both interest and sadness as I've known two of the parties involved for quite a while, consider them friends, and have had nothing but good experiences with them personally.
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Yep, I think the fact that our voice inflection doesn't come through has a lot to do with the flame wars. Something I think is just an off the cuff quip, can be interpreted as me screaming and throwing stuff. Also, people tend to say stuff remotely, they wouldn't dream of saying face-to-face, except for people like you and me.<vbg>

Those two items have a lot to do with the flames, I think, and therefore, I don't get excited when someone appear to be attacking me. As I've said before, as long as they aren't making an attempt at physical confrontation, I can deal with it.