What I meant by that was someone's accusing another boater of being
'slovenly', a situation which, by implication, the original poster appeared
to be describing. There certainly has not been any 'name calling and
character assassination' on this thread, although I've frequently noticed it
happening in the flame wars that sometimes go on in the newsgroups.

No offense intended,
Tom

"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
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"Tom Dacon" wrote in message
...
... But if you ignore the name-calling
and character assassination, there's a reasonably good point to be made.

Huh?