Re: Let's just agree that never the twain shall meet on some of our views

 No to both questions.

Who is trying to control the discussion? I quote:

"How obnoxious the peanut gallery can become!"

Um... this is a debate forum, right? Who made the personal attack here?

Sure looks like an attempt to shut me down. What do you have to gain by supporting these posters when I offered my opinion of their posts (not an attack).

If you want to know what I think, go back and re-read my posts with an open mind. You might learn something.

You are right, you were not trying to control the discussion.  

But you need to jsut ignore Ryan.  He is well known for simply posting disruptive posts.  If you go to the Webmaster's Support forum you will see all sorts of complaints lodged against him because of his doing this.