>>>admittedly I could rise above such attempts, but then would this not give littlestone carte blanche to bully ridicule and scape goat weaker posters? as he has in the past) As for his criticism of me not offering anything to the forum, i would draw your attention to his four posts! In short he is a insidious control freak who ridicules by insinuation, sarcasm and thinly veiled intellectual heirophancy (well he trys) If he is unable or unwilling to challenge anothers ideas, posts, theorys etc up front and honestly and must resort to such insidious juvenille methods i fell it encumbent upoun me to challenge<<<

Bonjour MuddyMick

I don't contribute that regularly to the threads but I pretty much read them every day. Things have been calm here recently - almost tranquil until around the time of your post 'Crysticallysha...etc'. You declared yourself as someone new to the site, or that's how most interpreted it.

From the reponse above, you sound like somoene who harbours a grudge against Littlestone and some other posters. That's not indicative of a new visitor to the forum?

Pretty much all of your postings do read as challenging to the point of being provocative - and not necessarily in a positive way. Why would someone new to the site be like that? You've only been posting for a week or two and already you're isolating people for provocation? Why is that - If you're new you couldn't possibly have such a strong opinion of Littlestone already?

I just find it a bit odd. The thing with postings like yours is everyone then gets distracted because, try as they might, it is very difficult not to respond...(As I have. Buggerit). Then, instead of talking about what the forum is mean't for, it is too easy to get embroiled in petty name calling. I am someone who is really keen to learn more about a'll things megalithic' and this site is more valuable than most reference books for the range of topics covered.

My advice, take it or leave it, is rise above it. If you are as new as you claim - take a step back-like Rune says - and read some of the previous threads to see how it's best done - it is possible to enter debate without provoking people. Or maybe you're not as new as you claim. Either way chill out pal, life's too short.

Cheers
JS.