Correct me if I am wrong Larry, but your opening post indicated that you wanted to see respectful boundaries in the language used and the name calling used by some posters here....you said nothing about the subjects under discussion.
I take it that you infer that discussion of some subjects(like homosexual health) is in some way "disrespectful", as I have been very respectful to some of the most unpleasant people I've ever encountered on these threads


It is for the Mudcat owner and the moderators to decide what is up for debate and what is not.
As far as I know, the moderators have two rules which the owner wishes them to apply.
1.....No discussion of Mudcat internal policy
2 No personal attacks.

The first is still very much in operation...I have seen people thrown out for this, but the second seems to be almost impossible to implement, due to the number of abusive posts being made.

As I have said already these people make themselves obvious by their conduct but very few of the ordinary membership seem to want to be involved in the cleaning up operation, either because they feel intimidated, or because they quite like to see someone who holds alternative views being verbally abused.