My apologies to those readers who find the use of a succint descriptive impolite; however I stand by my statement that, polite or not, it is not an insult to use a term that describes the actions of a person.

All this is beside the point of course as what is important is who is using the word. But perhaps you would care to supply your list of words to the chief of the Mudcat Editing Team - for their would appear to be a double standard?

Subject: RE: Why Is Martin Gibson Allowed Here?
From: GUEST,LDB - PM
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 05:25 PM

I think Martin Gibson serves one of the most important roles here on Mudcat. He is the only one who smashes Lepus the asshole Rex and his/hers/its stupid comments to bits. The only problem with that is that Martin Gibson is so much smarter than Lepus the asshole Rex that Lepus the asshole Rex doesn't even know that he has been smashed by Martin Gibson.

Keep up the great work, Martin Gibson. And remember, Lepus the asshole Rex is an asshole.

OK, so I suppose it's time to close this one, too. I don't know what the solution is, but I do know it doesn't have anything to do with everybody calling each other asshole.
That kind of stuff makes it really difficult to carry on an adult discussion.
-Joe Offer-