When i first came to this forum I thought people ought to stick to the topic too. I soon discovered that the general attitude here is that it's OK to follow up what people are saying. That's made this more than a mercury forum to me, it's become a place where I can talk about a lot of things with people who are by and large like-minded in many ways. That's special.

I wasn't aware of the discussion going on that you mentioned but I have been there now and added some comments. That was a pretty extreme statement from Russ, I agree.

Let's just remember to keep our heads about us. When things get heated it's easy to let emotions override our brains, this happens to me too, but then people get insulted and inevitably someone says they are right because everyone else is ignorant or stupid. It isn't pleasant when things devolve to that level. The Anon on that thread has certainly embarrassed him/herself in that respect.

Linda.