I've been noticing a general degradation in the tone of some of the posts lately as well. Well at least now I know it's not just my own perception. We just need to take the high road, so to speak, and not sink to the lower levels. In my experience, if you allow yourself to get into it with someone who's an immature d*ck, you just end up encouraging him even more, because that's what he came looking for to begin with -- a childish trash-talking spat. It's hard to resist the temptation sometimes though!
Many years ago, I joined my350, and when I noticed how negative everyone was, I made the naive mistake of posting a thread asking why everyone gets bent out of shape so easily. Everyone got bent out of shape and piled on with all these negative responses. Go figure.