In article , Mike Coslo writes:

N2EY wrote:
In article , Mike Coslo
writes:

You are confusing good manners with weakness. You are also confusing
good manners with backbone.

So who's got which?

Lenover21 is on record saying that good manners are a sign of weakness.
Oddly enough, the opposite is true.

Exactly.

Bluff, bluster, insults and invective are a pretty good sign of a weak
argument and often of insecurity.

Very true. Some people simply cannot tolerate disagreement with their cherished
opinions, and lash out at those who disagree.

Even worse, when they are proved to be in error, some people get *really* mad.
But it doesn't change the facts.

Eventually the various forms of personal attack turn into variations on the
theme "shut up". Of course that's amazingly ineffective in a newsgroup.

Always has been and always will be.

Absolutely.

73 de Jim, N2EY