I'm a little drunk, and I'm sure I'm going to regret getting into exactly the kind of thread I'd avoid like the plague when sober, but I'm not convinced the examples you cite would count as personal. Two of them are racist, and the other homophobic, and I'd agree that they have no place on these boards, but surely the very essence of racism and homophobia is that they're generic, not personal. Thus not a personal attack. Rather a generic (and, indeed, ignorant) attack. Unless, of course, posted in response or reference to someone the poster believed to be a member of one of the aforementioned groups, in which case personal.

Anyway. Enough with the meta-thread. Back to the OT.