I just had to zap two comments. If you call another commenter, or a poster, a moron, your comment will be deleted regardless of its other content. Same for other insults. Ditto if you use a bad word that might get us filtered out by some electronic nanny. If you do it twice, your account will be banned.
We all value the diversity of the RBC comments section. But that’s a reason to be on your best manners. Do as I say, not as I do: try to disagree without being disagreeable.
How about a flame thread where those who want to go all Don Rickles on somebody can do so?
That exists, Mike T. It’s the comments section of every blog on the New York Times and Washington Post. (And CNN. And MSN. And Yahoo news. And every single local network affiliate’s website.)
Mike T, you silly person. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! Now go away, or I will taunt you a second time.