Actually, it seems in the last week to have improved dramatically. We still disagree, sometimes heatedly, but in general the stupid vulgar personal attacks appear to have moderated. Even our favorite erstwhile denizen of the sewer seems to have emerged from the Stygian darkness-- (just had to seize the opportunity to use "Stygian darkness"--such occasions don't appear very often)-- and decided (whether under duress or not) that there might just possibly be a purpose to communication after all.

Well, the proof of the pudding....

When the vulgar personal attacks do still appear, at least the perpetrators may apologize, which has rarely happened til now.

But, don't worry, the shipment of cynicism arrived intact.

So, as has already been suggested, let's all have a pint of bitter or whatever you'd like.