Apparently no one caught this:

FanFiltration said:

I got that graph from a very entertaining article about how the seeds of the next American civil war can be seen in worthless debates such as this.

Yeah, a debate that you're actually participating in. So it seems to me that you're just as guilty as the rest of us.

FanFiltration said:

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.

And here you admit to baiting, which is generally a bannable offense on most sites. There are actually statements in the TOS that could fall under that, but I'll leave it to the mods to decide if it's worth a ban.

FanFiltration said:

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.

Maybe, maybe not. We're all, with the possible exception of you, here to have a hopefully civilized debate.

FanFiltration said:

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?

I doubt it. At least I don't. That would truly be a waste of time.

FanFiltration said:

Does the ability to have personal interactions and debate with others outside the virtual confines of this forum mirror your etiquette here?

Of course not. In person, people can see my facial expression. I don't have to curse in order to express "You go to hell!" if someone dares call me a racist in person (not saying it's happened, just using an example). In fact, in person I can either ignore the person who has made the comment and just not talk to them or I can totally walk away with some visible sign that they're just a retard. Online, all I can do is not respond, which is sometimes taken as the person thinking they're right.

So if you're just going to continue to bait us, then either this thread needs to die, it needs to be locked, or you need to be banned.