We go through these ugly phases every now and again. So far we've always seemed to come out of them.

I've been finding the same recently myself. I find myslef glancing through the BS threads,. and noving on with a nasty taste in my mouth. Instead of friendly joshing, or serious and even heated argument there are these dirty little squabbles. People describe this kind of thing as "adolescent", but I don't think that's really fair. You get yobs at all ages, and the older ones can be the worst.