Actually, my nickname was "Big Round Top".
Unfortunately, I have been follicle-deficient since age 24.
If my "abrasive" approach creates censure, I can always cease-n-desist my attempts at waking the dead and do it in other graveyards.
There are, alas, plenty of these. Graveyards abound.
I can have fun in many locales.
The best rule to use is the Golden Rule and use the sort of tactic yourself that you don't mind an opponent useing.
Perception of errr is usually mutual , as much as you do indeed have a right to confrount the error you perceive, those in whom you perceive the error have the right to return the favor.
Is the problem with civility boredom? Does a conversation that isn't spiced with invective seem too bland?
I think of invective as cheap bcause I think of Proofs and logic as more valuable .
Proofs require research , logic requires mental effort , what goes into invective that makes it valuabe?
