.....coming late to this discussion, but one who is concerned..

you know, a few years ago, during pledge week on our local NPR station, the local folk DJ read my contribution on the air and commented..."oh, this is from Bill D, our local 'folk facist'"....*grin*...

well, I took it in good spirit, because I knew her and knew it was a joke, exaggerated for effect...but 'live' or in person, it is much easier to judge the flavor of the comment, whereas, in print, or here in a discussion forum it isn't!

This is one of the reasons why so many flame wars happen. The WWW/internet is still so new that we have not figured out how to relate VT yet...words just sit there, and the one who posted them is faceless...and we type words we might not use in a face-to-face meeting. And it can be hours or days before explanations are made.

Nazi is a word that should not be used carelessly, as the images it brings up are WAY too tender and horrible....I guess if anyone said it to my face, I could judge them at the time...but they'd BETTER be smiling right!