but surely terms like obnoxious, abusive, defamatory are defined...

but surely terms like obnoxious, abusive, defamatory are defined by the person receiving the insults or whatever..... no troll would be allowed to define terms.

so where would you place the boundaries where camaderies such as "you old bastard " in the definition. it could be perceived as a threat?

and how many "unsolicited"(?) posts make harassment?

on a forum such as this there is a lot of argy bargy, but it seems to me that very few if any take personal offence.

and to this end, I congratulate the mods.... even if they do shuffle off my posts now and then. good job I say.

but truly I congratulate the posters from the most troll-like to the most benign who rarely get noticed for the civility of the discourse.