You are quite right in what you say about the online world mirroring the real world, there will, unfortunatly, always be an element of the disruptive when the site is this big and popular as it is. As for not feeling very comfortable here, I would just like to say that I feel quite the reverse, yourself and all the rest of the regular contributers to both the forum and the gallery make this site one of first that I visit almost every day. I also echo your comments concerning gebe, this forum couldn't what for anyone better. At the end of the day, this site is only as good as its contributers, and if certain artists decide to leave because of a small minority of idiots then the idiots have won. What is needed is as you say, vigilance.