I totally understand this point of view but i can also see the frustration from the other side of the fence. There have been a couple of periods here where things just got so crazy - where points a lot of people had discussed and pretty much established and spent a lot of hours and time and effort, had been brought up again and gone down ridiculous and incorrect tracks, then people had started to talk about them as if they were correct. I'm not talking about different opinions or speculation which is allowed on here, and all part of it, I mean basically total confusion and misunderstanding.
I was so exhausted and I can understand why some people got cranky. For me, I patiently stuck it out, but then I'm a stayer! I can understand why some others left or got snarky, At the same time I do agree a level of tolerance is important to make this work here - sometimes a high level!
I do think it helps if newcomers read through some of what has gone before, It does help to enhance the quality of discussion if you've got up to scratch with some established conclusions as a basis for other speculation.
That said, I do think it's a pretty great bunch of people on here. It's a very sad subject we are talking about, so not a lot of fun to be had but at least we can contribute to something a bit more constructive than just gossip and i think we are doing that.
PS Keyboredom I'm so glad you are back - even though we had those fights!
