[Margaret Pilkington]

I try to be as courteous as possible...after all, courtesy costs nothing...and bad manners just show you up to be an uncouth person....but(there is always a but, isn't there?)...it is really easy to get carried away when you are passionate about something...especially if that 'something' is local and affects your life.
There is also the phenomenon of 'mirroring'....which is where you get back the attitude you gave out......same as in real life. If you post something which has an angry or aggressive tone...then you get back anger and aggression....and sometimes the reader will read something which they perceive to have an angry or aggressive tone when that wasn't what the poster meant at all.
It all becomes very tangled, very confusing......and sometimes very acrimonious.

But, Hey...it's not real.