RE: Forum Manners
It's one of the reasons why in the workplace, my E-mail replies were short, straight, to the point, no humor, all official business. Even at that some would still read into my E-mail and complain. Then it was time for the supervisors to step in, and more likely than not, it wasn't me that got the chewing. So, what you say big JC is nothing new.
Sometimes people take the liberty to say stuff they wouldn't say person to person. I'd say the best rule is to relate to them as though they were in person, in a manner you'd want them to relate to you. The "Golden Rule" has dividends. (Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them - from the Bible, Matthew 7:12)