Fetlock Up wrote:
No matter what you do, you are going to offend somebody sooner or later. Some people are just looking for an argument.

That's what I always said about that one forum I mentioned above -- they were DESPERATE to take offense whenever I posted. They would dig and look for things to get after.

On the subject of inbreeding (or linebreeding) when it came up on that board. I posted thoughtfully and maturely (or so I thought) and people RAMMED down my throat, accusing me personally (in 20 years, we bred one dog to her father (both titled conformation champions) and one mare back to her sire twice - the results were very favorable), saying things like "If you do that with your animals, imagine what you do with your family!" and "that's like your husband having sex with your daughter" until a very well liked and respected member who had a following that was quite similar to the Pope's who is also very involved in arabs, piped up and said "Yo, arabian breeders have been doing it for years" -- all of a sudden it was absolutely FINE, and in fact FAVORABLE to do those things... because someone else suggested it!