This rule might work....

"Anonymity and Guest Posting are permitted."

if this one was enforced

"You are free to be anything you want EXCEPT unkind, impolite, argumentative, snooty,"

But who would enforce it? The person who said this?

"SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GO START YOUR OWN WEBSITE, WITH YOUR OWN RULES.

If the only problem we have with anonymous posting is that you don't like it, the problem is NOT anonymity. The problem is YOU. "

But Jeri has good cause to be frustrated. The rules and enforcement here have always seemed arbitrary an inconsistent.

Joe's post is right on the money is right except for one thing.

" I think I have a right to disagree with that policy or to complain about contentious threads"

Maybe Joe has this right, but it has been made clear many many times that an ordinary member of this forum has no rights. We are all subject to Max's desires for this forum. It is pretty clear to me that the forum rules and the way they are enforced encourage the rancor that people here are railing against. It also become clear to me that complaining about such things only makes things worse.