Like moths to a candle flame.
As I read the new posts this is all that come to mind and I can not tell you whom are the moths and who is the candle.
Back to the topic
I think dhmammer53 has it somewhat correct in his post
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The one thing many of us know is that lots of flyertalkers aren't as tolerant as they appear to be. That's a shame because many of Doc's postings are worthwhile.
If they aren't complanining about him, they'll complain about someone else.</font>
If someone complains of my post so be it - let them stress over it. If they shorten their life span because of so be it.
Now if we have half million registered posters or some such unfathomable number it would seem to me that we are going to have more than one difference of opinion. The real big problem here as I see it is that opinions get real tricky in situations where we have a post
(eg; Welcome Back.)
I have offered greetings before in these threads but have come to wonder why. I mean it isn't like the person physically was gone. It is possible almost anywhere in the world to log on and post so why not. If someone was hospitalized and I knew them more than words on the screen (I really met them in other words) than I would post some get well message and most likely would send a message/card personally to where they were.
Do some posters actually think their personal obligation is complete by posting in a thread? It seems so to me. It is like the whole world or like 'moths to a candle' for them.
So until someone debunks my previous post I will reiterate the debateable part here again.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Is there truely a line that can be drawn? Well I believe it is not easy enough in the examples drawn above. 1)Don't say anything bad about someone else (but does this include constructive criticism also) and 2)Don't be all inclusive in you comments of some one (eg: Everybody thinks your a ____________.)</font>
one last btw for otto - If you were face to face with a young black man would you feel it appropriate to call him 'boy'