I guess we all like to think the best of things and people, but I agree with Clinton - it is the internet and all things should be treated with a degree of healthy cynicism. Besides, where else but mudcat can creative people play with a typo and turn it into the cyber-print version of slurred speech? I'm in stitches: "ostradized - ostarized - ostracised". I had visions of flamers and flamees whirling around in some sort of cyber-spa hurling insults and tears at each other until they exhausted the supply of whatever they were drinking or ingesting. Sort of reminded me of that bumper sticker: "pray for whirled peas". Sorry if I don't take this as seriously as some folks. Maybe I'm just in a sillier-than-usual mood today.