Partially off-topic, but whatever. Not about demik anyway, my single transaction with him was straight-up.
These "warm and fuzzy" threads are nice, and all that, but where does all this personal stuff come in, anyway?
It is interesting to "get to know" the members of the community, and I particularly like seeing what you all actually look like in real life (should have put quotes around that phrase, too).
But while merely expressing opinions is usually acceptable, endless arguments and bickering are usually destructive to the community (ie dozens of increasingly lengthy and hostile posts from both sides on race relations - that is something not likely to be resolved on a keyboard forum!). At least keep the fisticuffs to squabbles over the virtues of various types of I/O hardware.
Look at Ripster as an example, once one of the most generous and prestigious members of this community, who abruptly descended into particularly ugly and venomous personal attacks and senseless trolling.
Everyone should have the right to express opinions, particularly contrasting ones, but say your piece and let it go.
Just my opinion, of course.
