what abuse?

I think there is a lot of latitude on this branch for good, rollicking discussion about political and social issues, and would hate to see that threatened if personal abuse were to take over. It's been a good feature here that good-natured disagreements have been carried on.

I firmly believe that a country is more than a series of destinations - that the type of discussions that take place are also important to its feel, and the Oz Branch has always had a really good "feel" to it, without being dry and dull, or personally vindictive in the extreme.

Yeah ryb i agree totally - i think Romans got us mixed up with someone else.....

did sare's little rant get deleted, I can't find it now.

Dunno, sugoi. Last time I saw it it was a pretty good thread - with some interesting points made both ways.

I had a question there of an artist person who answered - about pavement artists. Oh well, guess it degenerated somehow. I couldn't see it either just then.

just got back from the shops and was looking forward to a good read - oh well guess that's life or life on TT

Agree with ryb, last time I looked in that was a pretty good thread. Roman, can't we have it back, with any of the posts within it that are deemed to go beyond the guidelines are are abusive deleted?

like Sugoi I had made a mental note to read the thread later, it looked lively and interesting from a skim of the OP and the number of replies. What happened?

Did Steve Irwin get a guernsey?

Twas a sad little thread, and no loss to the cosmos Ally.