--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 7, 2007, at 2:24 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > You react to different ideas -- consistently > > -- by trying to trash the other person, and by > > practicing character assassination against the > > person who has presented them. That's the > > common denominator of the quotes I've collected. > > > There's an old American term for such a practice, it's called > "muckraking". >
And its generally considered "bad form" unless there's an overriding social purpose to it. Are we budding politicians or something?