Ron wrote:
We are not going to get valuable contributions nor help people become more valuable to the community by "flaming them into submission".

Let's support getting definitive evidence. No matter who brings it to the table ;-)

Thanks, Ron, for a voice of respect and reason.  Since I first started using Usenet back 
in 1984, inexplicable rudeness has been a plague on otherwise civilized people.  We're a 
community, we're all in this to help one another.  Sometimes we give good advice, and 
sometimes even those "wearing the mantle of authority" can make boneheaded 
comments.  I know I do, and when it happens, I always appreciate it when I'm taken to 
task with good humor and tolerance.

When someone comes to this forum with an idea you disagree with, no matter how 
brash or absurd their claims, it's so easy to challenge them with grace and 
good humor, rather than chastizing with harsh words and driving someone from 
our community.  If you're right, you will have taught a valuable lesson to 
someone.  And if on occasion a newcomer shows us something new, then we've all 
learned.  Either way, we have a new friend and contributor to the community.

Craig

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