I'm posting this because I'm tired of waiting for certain people to see the light, and cease their habit of bickering endlessly with one another over (usually)trivial discussion points. One person makes a statement that is immediately challenged by another, and off we go on an interminable journey involving ever more acrimonious personal comments. Others join in, usually ganging up against one of the protagonists, until an entire thread descends into a rather childish 'Yes you did, No I didn't' argument. I've had enough of it to be honest, and I'm asking for the last time - please put a stop to it. Over the lifetime of the forum we've seen this kind of thing quite a few times,and it does nothing but damage the atmosphere. By all means state your opinions robustly, and by all means challenge what others say - that's the nature of debate - but do it without the quite obvious malice which has typified the exchanges I'm talking about. From now on I'm going to start deleting gratuitously spiteful posts without warning or explanation - no matter who makes them.