I disagree with Stu's comment that being self-controlled is harder on the Internet than in other circumstances."

That's not really what I meant, but I was typing in a rush so apologies. What I actually meant was that communication via the internet is imperfect for some discussions (especially of sensitive subjects) because our posts lack intonation as well as the expressions and body language we use to communicate non-verbally. Also, the turn-based nature of debate on forums is also less than ideal, and think it's easy to misconstrue comments or arguments.

I always like to think that if we were in a pub, most if us would have a right old time over a pint as we put the world to rights.