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Message: [QUOTE="Woof 101, post: 2991420, member: 1432"] First Tomcat I think this is a good thread for discussion and needed. First I will agree to disagree with you on, [B][I]"It is okay to be sarcastic, as long as you're poking at someone's opinion and not at the person". [/I][/B] First, that depends on the forum. Not many who post here are professional writers or skilled at putting prose down as they would have sounded if spoken. I have seen many things meant as sarcasm that were only a difference of opinion but not taken that way. There are three types, optimist, pessimist and realist. It is without question this forum is 95% optimist so when a pessimist chimes in... YIKES no matter how well informed or the statement is worded. Then should a realist chime in...DOUBLE YIKES. Made a couple mistakes in the past being a realist myself, nothing serious but never to be forgiven for sure. Still enjoy the site but much more selective on when or who to reply to or not. For instance see Bigboote below who often has me looking up a new word for my limited vocabulary. ;) We're talk'n hominem here. :D [/QUOTE]