[Biscuit]

Weatherlight, I enjoy your posts agree or disagree. I don't find them hostile or rude in the least, and I think you present your opinions as politely as possible considering the amount of flack you get. However, I don't think that will ever been seen that way by most because of the "extreme" nature of your views. You will always have trouble getting people to see past their gut reaction to your views, and see that you simply do not look at such arguements as a negative. Your points on the nature of forum discussions and how often things get out of hand simply because of the mind-set of winning/vs losing is one I have made even on gaming forums. Even when they get more heated and things that could be regarded as personal insults start to fly around, I don't find that particularly horrible.

Do you see people as basically good and only made "sick" by their environment and learning? That might be where some of the gap comes from. You are entirely more zen than I can cope with. =P I agree with you about killing the people, on an intellectual level. I understand everything you are saying and agree that you are correct. But I would still probably do it if I were there watching. Why? Because I am an angry person with potential to have my meager intellectual capacity utterly blinded by rage.