I guess, to be fair, Ham is correct that other members have engaged in trash talk with violent stuff in the mix. Like that time I said all the conservative members should be smeared with pig's blood and then gradually lowered into a piranha-filled pond while their families are forced to watch with their eyelids taped open. My only excuse is that I had just watched the director's cut of Mary Poppins, which is considerably more violent and grisly than the rather tame version seen in theaters. I resolve, in future, to leave out the bit about the tape. Every social interaction, live or virtual, offers the potential for growth and greater compassion.