Well, as long as we know. It now seems to be Big Al who decides who it is OK to abuse or not.

BTW - I know nothing about Robespierre and the French Revolution so I have no idea WTF you are on about with that. I do know that anyone complaining of abuse on a thread they started to abuse someone else deserves to be called hypocritical. Or at least to be laughed at. Does the 'Big' bit in your handle lean heavily on a certain George Orwell character by any chance? :-)

While talking of how to behave, who brought up the subject of racism I wonder...