In light of the fact that reading or responding to threads is optional, not mandatory, and in light of the wealth of substantive and informative thread subjects and information available here, I would say that anyone who leaves because he or she objects to the presence of things that he or she does not favor, is just shooting him or herself in the tootsies.

I think it might also be worth considering the possibility that some threads (like maybe the toothpaste thread), are just started by bored people who want to stir things up, or have a laugh at our expense. To judge the Mudcat as a whole on the basis of such people doesn't make very much sense to me.

I like this place.

Carol