On one hand, I agree with Rudi (because he told me I was supposed to agree with him).

On the other hand, I think there is always room for improvement in the level of civility on the boards. I think we should all be moderators, and we should all start with moderating our own language, emotions and responses.

The thing that makes Flyer Talk so exciting to me is the fact that we are so different from one another, with different backgrounds, native languages, experiences, religions, philosophies and outlooks (some of us are even different sexes) --there is so much for us to learn from one another.

In order to maximize those learning possibilities, however, we must all exercise great care to make sure we truly understand each others' real meaning and intent. Sometimes that might mean reining in our emotional initial response and taking time to really listen to what another is trying to say.

It might mean that we have to work a little extra hard to be a little more patient, gentle, understanding, kind, trusting, gracious and truly curious and anxious to learn more--all characteristics which we can all use a little more of anyway.

And on those occasions when things might go a little sideways, what's wrong each of us acting as a moderator and privately e-mailing the party who has raised our concerns and politely discussing the situation with him or her.

I am sure that all of us acting as moderators of ourselves, will solve almost all possible problems that could arise hereon.