Let's be a little meta: What topics are most hotly debated?

it is all worth discussion -- so long as the discussion is intelligent, objective, informed and rant free

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You know this is Audiogon?

@uberwaltz

unfortunately, your cynicism is well placed and on target

for every almarg there are twenty turds and clowns

too bad, really

still, it is our collective responsibility to strive for higher standards like al had set for so long in his contributions

especially true at present, since the pandemic has many of us spending more time here than ever -- pollution only diminishes when we make an effort to not pollute

+jjss49

Gotta always be ready to stop hitting the post button and delete instead. Typically, I write things in a separate text program and read it over twice before posting it. If it contains something which could be considered mean, I either find a way to rephrase it or I just don't post it. (Most of the time. I'm sure I've slipped up.)

As we said in the 70's, "Give a hoot -- don't pollute!"

@jjss49 

While I wish my cynicism was in reality just a good joke it is depressingly true of late.

Yes I agree we all need to strive to do better, myself included, but as we all know it is SO easy to be the big bad keyboard warrior!

I would also agree with hilde that I have posted in haste and then spent the next 20 minutes online editing it until it is maybe not quite so blunt and offensive.
But still a spade is a spade.

for every almarg there are twenty turds and clowns

too bad, really

still, it is our collective responsibility to strive for higher standards like al had set for so long in his contributions

I think a good start would be not calling fellow members turds and clowns....