it’s unfortunate, but many just devolve to their base instincts. yes, yes, I see your point - and I’ll admit that you’ve got a point. I was/am/have been attempting to engage a diverse community in discussion. too often it seems that “discussion” in these threads is “X is bad” and then a bunch of folks chiming in “I hate X”, “X stole my lunch money”, “X slept with my wife and she left me because of Y reason”, etc, etc. there’s no actual discussion in the sense that we’re exchanging ideas or broadening each other’s worldviews. it’s just supporting criticisms. maybe that’s what people learn these days in colleges?

other than our linguistical expertise, our prose, it could easily be a transcript of insults between a few younger children on a playground somewhere. and I find that depressing. so I attempt to engage - but more often than naught it’s like screaming into the dark & praying for a response - any response, even just someone else screaming back.

anyway, I digress.