>>>Politicians talk to get elected. The rest of us talk simply because we want to express who we ARE and we want to be understood. (And at the base of it, at the very core of our hearts...we hope we might be respected and loved for who and what we are.)<<<

Hawk,

That may be you, It ain't me. Not on the Mudcat at least. I am much more in line with McGrath's opinion, that it is for the intellectual stimulus and exchange of ideas and all that.

That's why I was trying to help GG with her logical fallacies. Her off topic belligerence was ruining my fun. She seems to be passionate and she seems to give the issues a lot of thought. It would be a good thing if she learned to express herself better.