Perhaps I'm too much the cynic, or (and I would prefer the term) just a pragmatist. I find that people are going to behave like people wherever you encounter them, even here. We all deal with life's discomforts (including/especially the human ones) on a daily basis. We ignore them, we walk around them, we occassionaly confront them, but we can't exit the planet (reasonably) in order to avoid them. When I open a thread and find the content distasteful or uninteresting...even hurtful, I step out and into one that provides a more comfortable feeling. Perhaps I'll even start a diversionary thread -- one to stir positive, generally music focused commentary, in order to provide sanctuary from the nonsence...Sorry to see Shambles go, but there are alternatives to bailing out.

Paul G.