I must confess to being guilty...not, certainly, to being a bigot, but to responding to obvious trolls and sometimes to others that are acting in a trollish manner. As a sometimes historian, I often feel that I have to either correct clear errors or to provide balance to a one-sided perspective. However, I do my best, and pledge to try to do better, to get out of a discussion as soon as it becomes obvious that its only purpose is to feed someone's preconceived ideas or their bigotry...even if it is sometimes fun to feed a rotten chunk of something to a troll.

Mudcat is a great place to hang out, and what makes it so are all of the wonderful people that make it the community it is. Like all homes, however, you have to watch out for the termites in the baseboards. We all should remember that a thread dies in 24 hours if nobody responds to it (even if ANON.GUEST refreshes them occasionly if he/she/it needs a charge). Let's all try harder to curb our wit and consign them to the ash can of history.