Cmon Belly, have a bit of humour ol' son!

Belly, come on old mate, you must recognise there are certain contributors who set out to be nasty & snide in their every comment.

Their continual unpleasantness obviously attracts similar in return.

Just why you are defending one of the main 3 offenders I can't imagine.

Hasbeen yes you are right, but some one HIGHLIGHTED as such poster became unhinged in this thread
Not unusual but depressing
Blasting Nathan, for just posting this thread
Then the absent Foxy
Getting support to? give sly shots at me in many threads I contend here and now *too many posters have left because of him and those like him*
Foxy, me, Paul, steelredux are targeted because we are different we can take it
BUT SURELY even you say, we often retaliate for things that never should have been said in the first place
I agree with the threads title and first post
Have put my own intention to leave away for a while but if I go it will not be because of posters like you Shadow Minister and Loudmouth we stay civil to each other mostly
Paul is unimpressed with my view on his party but in my view is a man not unlike me, the passion we have is real

Nathan J we have stalled mate, please stay around you will have seen some posters know you got it right
SOME ignore the worst offenders only because that offenders opinions match theirs
And TOO because the targeted person is not one of the click, be yourself it irks the usual suspects

One thing about saying what you think is the only real way of understanding the person, rather than be bullied into submission to not say exactly what you think. Say what you mean, and mean what you say, even in jest.

That way you get it off your chest, and we get to know you best. Persecution that is directed as the person believes is correction of an idea allows reflection on the views held.

Treat it as bullying only if it threatens actual physical violence. Persecution strengthens character, and as Christians we ought to turn the other cheek when hit in the face, and show we care for an aggressor. Though I know a preacher hit twice by a guy who thought he could box; the preacher was a known champion boxer who floored the aggressor at the third punch. They later became good friends, respecting each other.