See what I mean?
Arrell, the childish sniping on this thread is exactly the sort of behavior I was hoping to avoid by treating the question of verbal abuse with a bit of humor.
You're on the upward slope of your cycle of abusiveness. That kind of post has been visibly on the rise, and you were recently cautioned by Nick:
Subject: While ARRELL is a curmudgeonly scoundrel, subject to fits of net rage...
His post has tipped the thread over the edge and everything is now consigned to the vitriolic fire of The Flame Board
ARRELL - do NOT add gratuitous insults to the Space Board.
Nick, as a Space moderator, cautions you against posting that stuff on Space. I'm reminding you now, as I did with too much subtlety as "LLERRA", that abusive posts are unwelcome everywhere except Flame. And even on Flame it's possible to go too far.
Your post on OffTopic wasn't directly abusive, you were just egging on Art with an obvious snipe at Zone moderators. I can see how the phrase "challenge the idiots" would be irresistable to you, appealing as it does to your dark side. It's that impulse control deficit, as always, that'll be your downfall. You'd be well-advised to get a grip on yourself now, before I have to send you away for another vacation.