To get it in proportion, I just counted, and there are 29 currently visible BS threads. Perhaps three of these might involve some significant disagreement. And at this point, so far as I could see, all of these discussions are being conducted in pretty reasonable terms.

It's stormy weather from time to time, but not that much of the time.

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My point with those quotes, Richard, was the same as one Big Mick made earlier - "It is a discussion forum, not the barricades."