I haven't ever felt like Shambles was a bully. He stays pretty close to topic, and I have never noticed him to be abusive--he is zealous about presenting his points, and generally makes a ful presentation, which, inexplicably, gives some folks profound offense. If he has repeated himself over the years, he is far from the only one. I've found that it is relatively easy to skim any sort of long post, if time or patience are short--and, of course, it isn't necessary to read any given post, or even to open any given discussion thread. Bullies are more difficult to avoid.