It has been said before, but due to the difficulties of communicating with the written word and different senses of what is appropriate as a forum comment, we find ourselves reacting negatively to someone we might get along well with in the real world.
I come back to Pelican because of the sense of give and take and the wide range of interests and opinions. Sometimes it gets 'out of hand' and, I suspect if some of these conversations were taking place face to face, someone around the table would interject with, "That again? Stow it and drink your beer!"
Everyone would laugh and the evening would flow.
Maybe we need a TASIADYB smiley.
Best
Les