I don't believe if one does not post to a thread that calls for an opinion about a controversial subject, that one can assume he or she favors one side or the other. Many of these threads are started only to create devisevness in the Mudcat community, and the poster doesn't care one way or the other how individual members come down on the subject.

I believe the best way to respond to those threads is not to respond and hope they go away. They rarely do, though, because people can't resist taking the bait. I'm guilty of doing that myself from time to time.

DougR