[Overpaid Slacker]

Of course I was kidding about Tech, Supe -- I said so at the end -- the j/k part. And that wasn't what I added when I edited the message. I had to edit the bye-ku; I miscounted syllables and had to change "lament" to "grieve." I always sucked at Japanese poetry.

Supe, in never missing a chance to take a limp-wristed slap at some conservative strawman, it appears you have the pathologies about conservatives that you ascribe to them: the intolerance, the characterization of others' arguments in over-simplified cartoonish terms, and the resulting arrogant elitism. At least, if the neocons are what you claim they are, they've got company.

FTR, I do not condone any PM campaign (or similar activity) to get someone ousted from these boards. If someone is making these boards so intolerable for you, air your grievances or avoid that person.

I believe that Z-man has done a laudable job sweeping out the trash sua sponte. If in fact there are "whispering campaigns" or some kind of Star Chamber activities going on here to get people banned, knock it off.

JP