Remenbering the anology of "all in the same boat". What do you call it when all the occupants are rowing but one. And that one is complaining the loudest and most frequently about how the boat is leaking and the waves are too rough and the sun is too hot, makes it a point to alert the crew that there is no land in sight and we've run out of food, and we'll never make it unless/// ad nauseum. Forsaking an oar the vociferous one proceeds (with great industry) to scoop water from the sea and dump it gleefully inside an otherwise tight ship. Asked the why of his behavior he smiles and says "So when we go under I can say I told you so!" "But if we don't go under, I'm going to sit here and rock the boat."
Now I had always wondered why on occassion it was necessary to throw a passenger from a craft. I have learned that a continual browbeating by a self promoting fraud is going to be of little value when it comes to my survival. Perhaps being the gentle spirit that I am I might pay out a long line to a raft to be towed behind, well beyond earshot. It's not that I don't appreciate the discussion of ideas to get to shore, but when the discussions generated by a paraiah offer no value content, and really seem designed by subject and frequency to demoralize people, I see no valid reason to keep the malfactor aboard.
Perhaps Matt would accept the number of "ignores" as a reflection of board consensus as to the level of offensiveness that any poster has stooped.
Stakddek
