We've all suffered through George Robert's rantings, and most of us have probably learned a thing or two along the way, or at least stopped to rethink something we thought we were sure of. But now is not the time or the place to slip into the same mode of personal attack that has characterized so many of his recent postings.

The many people who contibute regularly to this BBS have shown that they can communicate effectively and exchange ideas freely without resorting to personal attack. We welcome contributors from other countries, who sometimes struggle to communicate in English, and even those who post in other languages. And, with one notable exception, we are tolerent of those why make an effort to communicate, even when we don't agree with them. The standards of this BBS are what we make them. Let's not allow them to be lowered.