Hate mail is entirely inappropriate, but as long as the thread contains new information or a new viewpoint the discussion has value. Perhaps it is due to my inexperience as a sailor (two years lake-sailing), but I've found every reply posted here interesting, EXCEPT those that are based solely on trying to belittle other writers. Even the replies that perhaps don't offer new information can be valuable in that they reinforce other viewpoints, a kind of "straw vote" in the discussion. Replies based purely upon the writer's emotional response to the topic are also valuable, as long there is self-control exercised in focusing the emotion toward a specific person. While the topic is generating appropriate responses, let the thread run free, I say.