Susan,

"an environmental hazard, a cyber weed which had entangled itself through the threads like poison ivy - streaking through from thread to thread like a stubborn, determined particularly virulent form of Patterson's curse.

Poetry. Now, she wasn't completely averse to verse - she was even known to mutter of few rhymes herself on occasion, when the mood took her. But - a rhyme attack. How long would it last? It was thread creep of a new and sinister nature - the very nature of the site was being highjacked - this is a music site, she thought, not a poetry sharing forum.

Was this really a poet, she thought, or is it a political incursion by a particularly dastardly form of trolling - destroying the vibrant nature of the site by attempting to bore us all into slinking away"

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WHen I am personally attacked for expressing my view, when I am expected to accept whatever is given as "fact" without any supporting evidence, and , when my statements are challanged, not because there is any evidence to the contrary but because the supporting facts are not from the properly liberal source, and outright lies are being told, I cannot get into your philosophy of looking for the positive side. I am merely human, not an angel. If you want to stop this, feel free- I am only reacting to provocation from a few shit-for-brains around here. But I have noticed that the "minority" opinion never seems to get any support, just thet we are told to accept whatever we get, and smile. I don't have a problem that many may disagree with me- I do object to being attacked and then told I should not react, while the attack is never even commented on. Freedom of speech is only valid when you support those you disagree with: To demand it for yourself and deny it to those on the other side is the worst form of hypocracy.

This thread was a personal attack upon me- When I see that others are defending me, I will not need to react- until then, I will not tolerate lying. bigoted, narrow-minded people making comments about me without reply.

Bruce