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Anger, hurt feelings and off-topic drifting are part of the price you pay for anarchy. If nobody rises to the bait, unsuitable postings simply fall off the bottom of the thread list. If someone wants to join in a fight, there'll be a fight (a virtual fight, anyway).
Nobody's going to censor the Mudcat.
Nobody's going to impose his/her idea of helpful organization upon it.
If Mudcatters can't figure out how to avoid reading threads that are annoying to them, we'd better fold the whole thing up.
End of didactic diatribe.