Subject: Re: This board and it's posters
I just realized that even in the recs for my posts the high quality of this board shows: The few times I post something with real substance those posts get recs, while the far more substanceless posts get none --- as it should be.

Watch out for those seductive recs...
I try hard to remain calm and rational in my comments, addressing ideas and events rather than people and their perceived failings.

Nobody is perfect at that, and sometimes I slip and say something mean or demeaning, and sometimes it's those posts that garner the most recs. I work hard to ignore that...those are the errors, not the wins. I offer a general apology for those slips.

Again, as with the old MI board motto: be kind to people, but feel free to beat their ideas to death.

Jim