The speaker at my brother's graduation last weekend had an interesting message at the end of his speech. He brought up the importance of civility in public discourse. George Orwell, for example, repeatedly said that society has undergone a significant decline in the quality of discourse. Instead of honoring a degree of mutual respect and gaining credibility through sound logical arguments, people seem to resort to sarcasm. I do it myself sometimes, but when people jump to flaming (online especially), rational discussion is basically abandoned. As mentioned, Willow could have been more considerate in his post, but Eschaton, your following post was meaningless mockery, rather than any attempt at rebuttal.