Hence, people abandoning neighborhoods for "gated communitities" of "like-minded" individuals. Age old argument: do we allow "pirates" to drive civil people from the public arena, or do we stand our ground and demonstrate our principles in the face of discomfort and disagreement?

JMHO

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In the newsgroups, I don't generally have to scroll thru pages and pages of question/answer/question/answer to get to the absolutely thrilling message:
"thanks" :-(