[fintstone]

Originally posted by Tobra
...Oh yeah, even if I agree with you a lot of the time Fint, you need to grow some thicker skin if you think, "Fint's way or the highway" is a personal attack. If someone were to say, "Fint's a fuchin' pussy" because he is prone to whining about persecution for his political beliefs, that would be more of a personal attack thing.

You miss the point entirely. It is, by definition, a personal attack. If we censor folks speech...how do we determine what constitutes a "personal attack" or "inappropriate post." Clearly it is open to unfair interpretations....unless you follow a very tight definition....or unless it is something that almost anyone would agree is out of bounds. Often folks are slammed for "mean spirited" posts simply because the other side disagree. In a perfect world...one would not even be able to discern the politics of a moderator.
personally, I cannot understand why a poster would ever start a post by calling another poster a name or describing their behavior. Any post that begins by "Tobra you are a ****" or "Tobra you did *****" instead of some information or fact is uncalled for and clearly personal...then it just becomes a matter of degree.

Personally I would prefer someone with the nads to call me a "fuchin' pussy" than the silly lies that are told about me here of the inept attempts at psychoanalysis that are attempts to weaken the facts/argument I present. Both are signs of a weak argument or debater.