I think I'm gonna sit right next to Linda for a bit -- her posts make me feel so good.
Discipline and self control seems nearly impossible to achieve when emotions are running high and one is ill. Most people who have posted on this thread seem to have tried to keep some sense of decorum or kindness in conflict and disagreement, as Russ aptly calls it. Others, sadly, were unable to do that.
The all caps-yelling-hyper emotion and attack mode is getting tiresome.