--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Guys, please use the "party" yardstick while posting to FFL. And I'm
talking
> about a civil, relatively sober party. At such a gathering, spirited
> discussions are appropriate. Calling one another "idiots"
and "assholes" is
> not, if the terms are not used in jest, which in this case they're
not. FFL
> hasn't become bland and colorless due to our more civil behavior.
Personal
> insults do not contribute to the discussions, they only debase them.
>
I enjoy the analogy of being at a party a lot, and find it an easy POV
to maintain. If someone starts going off, I just figure they've had a
bit too much.:-)