I think all of us posting here generally like each other while sometimes not liking a particular point of view somebody might have.
Chukker,
That's true, and in all honesty, I think if we removed the computer screens and were all sitting together chatting and could observe body language to response, the temperature would (most likely) be lower and the form of disagreement would be a little more along the lines of "I'm sorry I don't see it that way" rather than the undercurrent of "my what an evil snot you are" that comes out from ALL of us at least from time to time. Again - I think this is the veribage of the computer, NOT the real intent of the fine posters here on the NS board. Sometimes we read things that are more provocative than the poster intended and sometimes that escalates (I wish I could say "a pox on all your houses" and pretend I'm holy and righteous, but I'm not).
I have my own views on this particular subject and others, but I also find myself more and more on an island with things as I get older and spend more time evaluating the ARGUMENT PRESENTED rather than the POSITION DEFENDED.
I can tell you and I disagree on a lot, but we agree on a lot more important stuff like the essence of democracy and, yes, it has its problems but it's better than any currently known alternative, too.
Plus, I know my own personal fatigue here; PERSONAL interactions are setting me off quicker than ever before, probably due to fatigue. I've transformed from "that easy supervisor to talk to" to the "don't tick that guy off, he's liable to shoot up the place," which is absurd, but I also can't say I'm a total innocent.
At this point I've rambled and will return to the Football board and one of the two subjects the great 92tide and I actually agree upon, the perpetual mediocrity and wannabe Alabama desires of Jawja.
