>>>>>I don't blame you. It has been pretty nasty the past few days.
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>>>>>See you after your hiatus.
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>>>>Have I missed something? Can you please point to one or more of such nasty posts?
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>>>I have no desire to re-experience them in order to provide message numbers for you. The thread about John Peterson, for one. Not so much the comments about John as the sniping back and forth between those who are still here. The death penalty thread is another doozy. Also a general level of pugnacity on the part of some regulars.
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>>Well, I have tried to find any supposedly offensive subthreads (offensive for Mike Cole), but to no avail. And they're all in the Chatter section. Some dispute over there is to be expected.
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>I didn't say offensive. Unpleasant would be a word choice. Not everyone considers the exchange of unpleasantries a good use of their discretionary time. It doesn't bother me too much, obviously, but I can understand that it might bother others enough that they would want a break.

Okay, fair enough. But Mike Cole should face it: He's for sure one here who can make unpleasant comments. And unpleasant replies can then be expected.

Your own reactions here are quite relaxed recently. You must have noticed that this also results in more relaxed reactions. I hope relaxed it is, not boring. :)