I like the fact the Mudcat is sometimes contradictory and there is some anger. It shows passion. Hostility has to be measured by how it's taken. In a seemingly hostile reaction, there sometimes is a germ of a valid idea. When it gets personal, though, the idea diminishes in value.

I cop to being hostile to some ideas. I react sometimes more than respond. But that's the human nature of a forum that embraces all points of view, something that I value in Mudcat.

When someone utters what I consider to be misleading or nonsensical, I don't see any reason to be "nice" about it. I'd rather explore it for its value.

Frank Hamilton