I don't usually join in threads of this nature but I'm breaking with tradition - just this once. What I have to say isn't profound and isn't clever, it's just what I do.
When a thread looks mischievous, becomes contentious, appears malicious, I don't post. It's as simple as that. I post in threads that interest me or amuse me and I'll add my two pen'orth on a subject I have knowledge of but I find arguing about another poster's provocations and going over the same ground, time and time again, pointless and boring.
It might be worth remembering the old advice regarding a potential nuisance, "Just ignore him and he'll go away". It's no fun for the perpetrator if there's no audience and no feed-back, and you don't need a moderator to do it.
I would not announce to the world that I was leaving a website either. If I stopped posting, for good, I'd either be missed or I wouldn't, it's immaterial to me. Announcing your goodbyes is the equivalent of banging the door behind you as you make a dramatic exit - and I grew out of that about 50 years ago.
OK - you are now welcome to have a pop at that West Ender woman (and who does she think she is, anyway?).
