A good example is Vendzilla and TheDoc. I disagree with those guys (and they disagree with me) in just about every debate we have here, but I have the utmost respect for both of them and their points-of-view because they participate like adults. I would love to see more of that here.
And then you get people like Demon who come in to a conversation and contribute nothing but a string of "idiots, morons, dumb asses..." etc. and nothing else. They haven't gone soft or are feeling offended, they're just stirring shit. Why? Who knows.
Then there is a third group. Someone like baddog. He's been around as long as me, he's got lots of friends and contacts, I'm sure he's reasonably intelligent, and he also has a hate-on for me. He has strong viewpoints no doubt, but rather than offer them up, chooses to insult me because of his hatred. But that's his problem. Not mine. I have no intention of modifying
my behavior just because someone calls me an idiot. But I've been on that side of the fence before, and so I'm willing to bet that it stems from his own disappointment and dissatisfaction with his own life. Again, not my problem. I worked my shit out, everyone else can work their shit out eventually too.
