[ACPlayer]

Good post. I too like him and enjoy having him around.

Expecting to change anyone's mind in this forum (that is an internet forum) should not be the objective of the exercise of posting. The important thing to understand is that almost all the time both sides are ~48% right and both sides are ~48% wrong in their positions.

I use the forum to help refine my ideas and learn a few things along the way. I enjoy opposing viewpoints, although most of the time they are exactly what I would say if I was arguing that side of the debate (which I could for practically every subject we have debated).

As in international politics, the higher you ratchet up the rehetoric on public forums the less the message gets through to the reader.