bdunbar79 said:
On message boards it is so easy to do this Brian. They cannot "see" you therefore they retort whatever insults they care to because there is no personal connection or consequence.
Actually, there are several moderators who try to monitor posts, and remove those which insult users. Rather than reply and start a flame war, its better just to report a inappropriate post. The forum is able to keep track of warnings and that can lead to a ban, but thats not a common situation.
We try to discourage flaming others, so posters should read their posts carefully before posting. To make things even more complex, we have different cultures represented with different perceptions and some of them may think that posts that are allowed elsewhere are acceptable here.
There are some general rules in the site information area that we try to enforce.
Thanks for being such a good group, and be civil