Points have been made, the good and the bad--however, besides the insults/bashings, disagreeing with another's viewpoints, etc., something else that wasn't made evident that seemingly is popping up here and there throughout some threads...the acts of enticing or to cause conflicting viewpoints to clash, even to the point of showing intimidation as well as doing so in a mockingly manner. Such manner or way of posting is very much to be frowned upon here in AD, it sure doesn't help maintain the overall respect that is expected from members and future members. Even in posts or threads that
later point out that such post/thread was a harmless joke to begin with, however, the first few posts following that one post/thread will be posted/commented in a different way whereas such approach may have been viewed seriously or considered worthy to debate over...that in itself is a form of enticing and/or manipulating others to 'jump on a bandwagon' with no idea of the real intention(s) behind the original post/thread. More of these types of posts/threads are showing up...they'll be closed/locked up, with no questions asked.
~RR