Somehow I missed all of the drama contained in the Rats and Alligators post, and the spillover of emotions to this post.
A lot of pain and anger being expressed by more than one of us. That indicates to me that something negative is being conveyed through threads and posts, whether intended by the writer, or not.
The written word often fails to accurately convey intonation and connation of the writer. Consequently, a reader may easily wrongly infer or interpret a writer's message.
Forums, given the prevalence of the informal writing style and the anonimity of the writers who employ that style, provide an environment in which reader's inferences clash with writer's implications, often culminating in heated confrontations and personal insults.
Moving on....my position regarding cliques is accurately summed up by paraphrasing Groucho:
I wouldn't want to join a clique that would include me as a member.
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