Well Al, it all depends upon who, and what, you are responding to doesn't it.

To Guest Shimrod - I responded by giving my opinion of what he stated in his post, and I did that without resorting to any "personal attack". The only person so far to view it as such has been MGOH (Akenaton viewed it as being "verbal abuse" and Guest Shimrod himself viewed it as being "scorn")

Now Al, How would you respond to someone who tells you, "f**k you!!" or tells you that you are "an a**ehole"? Does that rank as being a "personal attack"? Guest Shimrod seems to think so, but somehow MGOH, and the rest of the "gang", including yourself Al, somehow think that it does not.

Have I told anybody on this forum where, or not, they could live? Have I ever told anyone on this forum where they would be welcome or not? What would be your response to that Al?

What about someone who deliberately "misquotes" what you have said, places those "misquoted" words or phrases completely out of context and applies them to a subject that you, yourself have not even mentioned, then berates you for making them. Tell me Al, how would you respond to that?

I liked your description; "Like those old men you see eating a pasty and shouting with a dog in a pram." - Although it sits better when applied to Akenaton, than it does to me. I'll stick with my opinion of Akenaton formed over the years we have posted to this forum:

"an overly politically motivated, bigotted clown who believes that the world owes him a living."