Anton said, "Disgareement or disapproval, itself, is not a personal attack or a valid reason to lock or delete a thread. Although the thread wasn't friendly, I was suprised it was locked. Far worst threads have gone on for pages and pages and pages and days and days and days."

The TamelaJ thread in the copyright forum comes to mind. However, there is no excuse to being nasty online. Would you treat your coworkers that way? Well, maybe only a few.......