docteur, I love your lilting prose. It warms my heart. It is also a shield. By not rocking the boat, giving advice, or providing a controversial viewpoint, nobody can ever get mad at you. It’s safe. We need people like you on this forum, and I love your style. However, I think you’ve got to look at what’s happening in the bigger picture.

My style is to rock the boat. A minister once said that being a good person does NOT mean you don’t rock the boat. I find that too many people are afraid of the anger that is directed at them when they speak up. I have the courage to face that anger.

Those of you who are irritated at the tiff between me and those who love to criticize me because of my views (NOT because of anything I have DONE to them), perhaps you ought to look into why I am attacked.

Has this forum become a place where real estate bear views are not welcome? Let the permabulls cry out “Neutral corners” or “your comments incited his response” responsibility stuff. While I respect all your comments, please think about why this forum exists: to present alternate real estate opinions.

My suggestion, if we are to have open and interesting debates, is that anyone who disagrees with any views, leave out the personal stuff. I also ask that anyone who violates this is promptly taken to task by the members of this forum, and reminded to stay on topic. We need more real-man comments, such as made by Chris J.