Timid Wild One wrote:
And sharing opinions is one of the main parts of discussion. You make a statement, I absorb it if it's a cold hard fact. If it's a subjective statement, I agree or disagree with it. We discuss.
That's what a discussion is, HW. It happens in classrooms, too, if you're not aware. It's called debate and open discussion. Sharing information, learning, debating - they all go hand in hand. It's all communication. And don't act like you're so disgusted by all the debating that goes on here. You revel in it and you know it.

It's too bad some don't abide by your sentiments...including yourself of late. These threads aren't debates at all. They're free for alls, with all the snark and attacks and shock factor some people can muster. That's what people do when they can't debate intelligently. There aren't many people left on this forum that are capable of debating intelligently here without the personal attacks and insults (including me today). That's what you all have made of this forum. It is what it has become. It didn't have to be that way. When the group, as a whole or in part, continues to converse with and accept the lowest forms of life on this forum, nothing will improve. Like I said earlier, you're gonna have to roll in it, like a dirty stall.