A Subject heading Life is like a box of chocolates, you just don't know what you are going to get. - Forest Gump

I thought that was half the fun of a forum, people making up enticing subject lines, to get a thread read and replied to.

No replies and you get STO's tumble weed cartoon.

There are many different styles of here from eloquence to earthiness from words to subject matter and that is what makes the forum interesting and entertaining place. It reflects a cross-section of society.

Personally, I try and avoid conflict on this and several other forums I contribute to for two reasons, one it is easy to get the wrong end of the stick as you can't always judge what somebody means as you can't see their expression and secondly, ratty forums are hostile places, that put people off joining and contributing. There are several forums I won't contribute on for exactly that reason.
If something doesn't interest me, then I click back to the index, simples.
When it comes to subject matter, it it interests me I read it and if appropriate, I contribute, if it doesn't I don't. When it comes to subject matter I don't much care what people contribute, as long as it is within the forum guides as I appreciate what is one man's meat in another man's poison.
So lets all chill out and cut out what seems to me to be an increasingly regular occurrence, public arguments between two or more contributors to this forum.

Although this most may have been more appropriate on TB's thread, I just felt I had to give my views while on this thread.