Ive been browsing the comments subsequent to all of my posts, and - TopicsExpress

Ive been browsing the comments subsequent to all of my posts, and I think I have a suggestion. In the real world, we speak frankly to the folks who we actually know, but we do not speak as frankly to strangers - with strangers, we are more polite. We are not more polite in person because our opinions are less pronounced, but because we distinguish between the people who know us and will understand when we say something stupid, and the people who do not. I often see exchanges between people on my page. I know all of them, but they do not know each other. Unfortunately, they often engage each other as if they do, and that often goes downhill. As we move move forwards, even if I am your only connection to each other, please.... know that I love every single one of you for a reason, and if you were actually in the same room together instead of typing from so many locations around the world, all of you would be civil and smiling, and never act the prick. Respect each other like you were sitting in the same room. Thats really all it takes.