People's innate loyalty to any position they have already emotionally committed themselves to on any issue whatsoever is equally predictable, Ebbie, and it is precisely that which fuels these endless arguments and sarcastic personal attacks on Mudcat Cafe. People are very stubborn and defensive about their opinions, because their pride is involved. As such, the arguments here are mostly a waste of our mutual time, and I know it.

But it's like a game of ping pong. When you see the ball coming across the net, it's almost impossible to resist the temptation to hit it back. That's why I just posted this! ;-)

One day I will probably get so completely disgusted with the futility of this particular verbal internet game that I will break the bat over my knee, throw it in the trash can and walk away from the damn ping pong table for the last time. And you won't hear from me again. Or else I'll die first. Either way, that should end my part in the game.

Those comments are not intended to focus specifically on only you, Ebbie, but rather on all of us talking heads here on this forum. We are a bunch of restless minds with a bit too much time on our hands, I'd say. Much flippin' ado about nothing.

Wolfgang - Yeah, I find it difficult to remember exactly how to spell Arnold's surname, and I don't want to look it up every time. ;-)