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Paul,Again, thank you for a well-reasoned, dispassionate response. Truly, I can't fault what you're saying. I've belonged to forums where discussions of national politics were tolerated by the forum admins. It was UGLY. My only contention is that I think we all need to remind ourselves constantly that model railroading is a hobby; hence, it should be fun. Arguably, this forum is an extension of the hobby, and I doubt there are any but few who find testosterone-loaded flamethrower attacks a matter of enjoyment. There're a couple of ongoing threads where erroneous information is being passed. I wonder how many visitors are staying out of the fray simply because it's not worth their energy or because they'd rather not have their wisdom impugned by someone who'll become nasty simply to win an argument? This reminds me of an article I've read recently about the psychology of those who are compelled to argue points, even though they're aware their arguments are incorrect.Thank you for the thoughts, Paul.Lynda
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