" a tactic used by Steve and Jim2
This is the very reason these threads get closed -
Whining about personal attacks by making pesonal attacks is....well, it beggars belief really.
Scoring points rather than sharing information has done more damage to these discussions than anything else - far more than the name- calling that everybody indulges in - thinking of having a tee shirt descrining mysellf as a "no-nothing, leftie Muppet" all used by people who constantly whinge about being insulted - no names, mind you.
I'm told by one dubious parent that he uses latter to is children - explains a lot about the state of the world today!
Personally, I am not unhappy about anonymous guest postings - usually you can sort out the intention of the individual concerned and deal with it.
I do think that allowing anonymous guests to open threads lays this forum open to trolls - having been one of the victims of one of these hacking into my facebook and changing personal data, I believe it to be a serious problem which needs addressing.
Other than that - if you don't want to be personally attacked, don't indulge in the exercise yourseld - slippery slope and all that.
Another thing to bear in mind is, don't say anything you may regret later - its quite likely to come back and bite your bum - again no names.
Jim Caroll