Actully, gfs, after a bit of dialogue I understood more about what Bobert was getting at.....as in a sense I did imply that, at least in terms of consistently respectful comments, certain mudcatters were in what was looking like an 'all star team'.

And because I'm a 'newbie' to mudcat, compared to most of you, he's probably right that it's a bit premature for me to make those kind of judgments.   

It probably would have been better if I'd stuck to the content, and just wrote some specific statements that conformed to my 'judgment' as being 'respectful', and those that were clearly 'disrespectful', without making judgments of specific individuals.

It might be an interesting task for somebody with lots of time on their hands to do....preferably somebody who feels some semblance of objectivity and has no axe to grind with any particular mudcatters.

Then we put together a continuum of what is truly respectful to what is truly disrespectful, and everything in between.

Just a wild thought....a way to pull this thread together.