Adminemooseus: Very well. I stand corrected. Obviously I’m unable to understand the subtleties of board policy concerning the level of permitted vitriol — which is of course why I’m not a moderator. Feel free to moderate the farging board any way you wish.
Budikka: I apologize for my comment. Since the board administrators apparently feel your responses thus far are acceptable, I publicly retract my statements and implied criticism. However, I would like to address two of the questions you posed to me in your response before leaving you to your exchange with PB.
1. No, I’m not a moderator — obviously. My interest is that one of the things that has (or perhaps
had) consistently attracted me to this board was the relatively high level of the average discussion and the relatively low level of flames. Evidently, I misunderstood the policies on this.
2. A subtle insult is of course still an insult. However, and this is merely personal preference, I find that a subtle insult is significantly more creative than calling someone an incompetent boob (or words to that effect). It makes the insulter look clever, and leaves the insultee with nothing to chew on — and yet everyone knows that an insult has been levied.
Again, please accept my apologies for the unsolicited comment.
[This message has been edited by Quetzal, 11-03-2002]