I was just on another thread, and I posted this: ""See - you generally find here that sooner or later you find yourself with someone you've been arguing with.

And here's Georgiansilver, with another example of exactly that. And it strikes me that this is just another reason why personal attacks are so out of place and pointless.

Friendly insults are one thing, and can be fun, in their place, but personal attacks are completely different, and shouldn't have a place here.