Those are certainly points worth considering, Bob. The original poster of the Pol Pot thread was taking a shot at me, and seemed to be implying that my toleration of MAV, and my suggestion that he is sometimes actually worth talking to, was equivalent to extending complete acceptance and toleration toward Pol Pot...a pretty astounding premise! I guess those conservatives and Republicans are way more dangerous than I had fully realized, despite my lifelong leftist leanings. Of course, the poster was engaging in satire...but his satire was rather nasty and heavy-handed, to say the least.

I don't think he likes me.

However, he doesn't really know me.

Or to put it another way, in 2010 who is going to care?

BTW, I did a search on Ebay once and discovered that there are Ebay members under the following names: Adolf Hitler, Satan, Jesus Christ, God, Joe Stalin, Jack the Ripper, and just about anyone else you can think of who is famous or infamous...

Also there are Ebay members under every self-insulting name imaginable, including the scatological...you gotta wonder.

Ebay seems to be rolling along fine in spite of it, and I trust that Mudcat will as well. I will no doubt catch hell now for having deigned to even acknowledge your existence, although I think you made some worthwhile points up there.

Whoever you are...

- LH