<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PG:
Actually - most of the mud has been these flame wars, for which both you and I are guilty.
So lets try to change things for the better.</font>
Respectfully (and I mean that) I disagree.
In the days of the "wild west" everyone wore guns and defended themselves. Effective policing (sheriffs, marshals) stopped that.
Every attempt to take the high road with FT flamers (offers to delete inflammatory posts, stop making them, etc.) has been met with either no return gesture, or an accusation of self-righteousness.
Flyertalk is in its wild west period. You and I are not to blame if we defend ourselves from attacks. I have vowed to retaliate for each and every one, and plan to keep that vow, until we have effective policing (moderating).
But, sadly, that is still off the topic of this thread, except for that fact that IMHO it is Flyertalk's single biggest issue now, and the so called Talkboard (who's membership includes and/or included some of the worst offenders) has not addressed it.