I'm sorry but I don't agree. If Jim perceives that he's being tarred a communist (that wouldn't bother me, actually), or if Joe perceives that he's tarred as a Vatican mouthpiece (which I've never seen in any case), then they have several options, the best and easiest of which is to rise above such idiocy and just carry on. Smearing people, in the eyes of every decent person here, says a damn sight more about the smearer than it does about them. I get smeared by Guests more than by anyone else. The biggest complaint on this website is about insults. The plain fact is that a culture of unlogged-in Guests and self-important anonymity positively encourages that behaviour. The Gaughan forum allows pseudonyms situate your real name won't be googled, but everybody knows who you are. There is little need for moderation and insults are almost unknown.