NZarathustra
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If we use constructive rather than destructive tones in our posts, more people will read (AND LEARN which is what this is all about - learning from our mistakes and experiences) and fewer events will get out of control like this one has.
Yes, but that might take actual effort and an awareness of others, as well as some critical thinking, and if you expected people to do that, then, lawsy me, their freedom of expression will be repressed and they'll whine and whinge about it incessantly in Surface Interval.

Besides, why would they bother with that when, after offending people, they can then spend time responding with a post that amounts to nothing more than ego... um, stroking?
I know that, were there bans handed out for basic rudeness, there'd be three people as members here, and Sundays would be dead... but it would really be nice if we would self-police once in a while, and remember that we're (god, I can't believe I'm saying this) multi-cultural, and that stuff that flies here in the US is completely unacceptable, manners-wise, in other countries.
I guess it would also be nice if I had a solid gold toilet.

In other words... I completely agree with your post. But, based on past experience, I think it may be too much to hope for.