"It's as if you (the members of the Mudcat Forum) care more about who's saying something rather than what's being said."

HALLELUIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is it! That is exactly what is so wrong and so sick with the debates on this forum, it is what continually poisons the atmosphere around here, and it is why I would frankly rather post as a "Guest" here myself much of the time. It's not worth the "savaging" one undergoes, as Froth so aptly puts it, to be a named member here and say what you really think about certain stuff.

And, yeah, that is what usually happens in any group of people who know each other after awhile, and think they know each other well. New subjects merely become an excuse to refight old battles and rehash old grudges. That is very, very sad, but yes, it is human nature.