Ferris, I'd suggest standing down on any arguments against Sweeney. I feel rather foolish for having wasted time arguing with him over the weekend. I started off giving him the benefit of the doubt and trying to reason with him on things, but as long as you disagree with him in anyway whatsoever he is just going to insult you. The problem is that when you argue with a fool, no one can tell the difference and you become a fool by association. Anyone who stumbles into the politics thread can see my posts arguing with Sweeney, if they go take the time to read the entire conversations they could see what is really going on, but if they don't they are just going to think "Look at these to idiots fighting! This forum sucks."

I really think we are dealing with some attention starved teenager here, you're a cop, is it really worth wasting your time off duty on a forum arguing with some silly kid? If it is attention he is seeking, we are giving it to him in droves.

I suggest just skipping over his posts. I know the current subject at hand is a pretty personal one, and he is making personal attacks on you, but I don't think anyone around here is really taking what he says seriously. The fact that he is making so many personal attacks is all the more reason to just ignore his posts anyway. It is getting to the point where we can't even have a discussion without it being deluted by his constant infantile remarks.

Just some thoughts.