It's amusing how many of you take things far too serious and obviously very personal. I had not even directed my comments to anyone of you personally, or to either side of the issue in question. But yet, a number of people here took the comments to be about them and became defensive. Why is that? Could it be that the old saying "If the shoe fits..." applies here? The reactions to even the most general and obtuse comments brings almost the same typical programed reactions from a number of posters here in nearly every subject thread. I'm reminded of the experiments of Pavlov and his dogs. Sorry if such tactics annoy some, but I find this all very amusing. Thats what some of us are here for, entertainment. Do some of you truly feel you are changing anyones mind about any issues here? By the amount of strong emotions placed in some of the postings, I think they do. Do some lose sleep about any of this, have their ego bruised, or even carry a feeling of pride of a battle well fought over this banter? Does the ability to have personal interactions and debate with others outside the virtual confines of this forum mirror your etiquette here? If so, that's sad for some of you.

I would like to direct you to a great web tool that will help label and classify the "logical fallacies" employed by many of our forum members. This tool is for people such as myself that enjoy baiting, and also observing the types of debate tactics, reactions, and over reactions employed by the posters here. With this reference tool and also a bit of searching and reading over other subjects posted in the Off Topic area, you can identify and tag many members with ease. It's fun and educational. It may even help in your personal debate skills if you sometime feel the need to take one on.

http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/fallacies.html