Reply #9: I think name-calling does for the internet what the laugh-track does for TV.

[Jim__]

Mostly takes an extremely promising technology and turns it into a time-waster.

I hate to see threads that degenerate into name-calling; but, I still find most of the thread in this forum interesting. DU is better that most message boards because it bans the worst of the name-calling, although some still manages to sneak in.