"It's a bit of a jungle."
Bit of an oversimplification I'm afraid Joe.
People get angry - even passionate over things they care about - whatever they are.
I suggest you go count the number of "what is folk-song" threads where things have become heated even to the point of having threads closed down.
I am #fully aware that we sometimes over-step the mark, but that's the way things go sometimes
I've always considered your postings reasonable and balances, but I have so say, I still sting when I recall a name you called me which I would never dream of using about anybody - on religion, of all things
We all have our varying boiling points and most of us take as good as we get without complaining - (with a few exceptions).
One possible way of avoiding such hat is to adopt a practice I have seen regularly in pubs in England, and put up a notice "no politics and no religion" but where would be the fun in that?
I have a feeling that this year is going to herald in a great deal of nastiness, which will accentuate some of the behaviour we see here
Better start work on the fallout shelter in the garden tomorrow - it's going to be a long four years!!
Jim Carroll