Yes, Chas...I can be rather aggressive at times, but usually it's a response to someone who has been downright flippant and disrespectful...and, if they/we/I continue with the behavior, you have the recipe for...

1. People no longer posting

2. People being banned.

3. Threads needing to be edited or blocked.

Of course, there can't be a mirror or two where you are ...and, I know you were only being naughty when you sometimes worded a post or two rather provocatively...but it was all in fun wasn't it?

The thing is, there are one or two here, whose idea of fun is to deliberately try and make other people look like they are blithering idiots if they don't play a particular style of music, or they use a certain kind of arranger...or even because they play an arranger in the first place.

We all have our particular posting style, and some admire the way some people express themselves (usually those who wish they could post that way)...and, a little clique, so to speak, develops, and then the one who is admired, decides to show off a bit, figuring they always have their fans to back them up, even sucking up to them to be sure they are still with them...sometimes this is pathetically obvious, especially to those of us who have been here for some time.

Then there is the blatant misquoting, and also the refusal to acknowledge the other person has a view...or even a brain, for that matter.

I can understand Mo's chagrin, and I just wanted him to know, that he's not the only one who feels that way, and that he isn't being overly sensitive...sometimes people really are rude and aggressive.

Ian