[Richard T. Eger]

Ed, I certainly agree that the Internet can bring out the best and worst in us. And, certainly, being able to hide behind a pseudonym allows pot shooting in the safety of that anonymity. However, in this particular case, Nemo conducted himself as a complete gentleman, even though he never divulged his name. For those that wish to flame, we have both the webmaster's infrequently used warnings and delete key, as well as those more responsible within the forum to call down such behavior.

In the particular discussion, I don't recall that anyone used profanity nor acted in a flaming manner. However, there was a great degree of emotion involved and the peer pressure applied to Nemo was enormous and, in my mind, unwarranted. It was essentially posed in terms of one has to be a lout to disagree with so many people piled up on one side.

So, here I believe was a case where anonymity was served well.

Regards,
Richard