Venues such as OT forums and other social media have always seemed to me to be a haven for cowards. We can hide behind a phony screen name (I do too) and private profile to feel free to say anything we want to anyone. Some say things and offer challenges in this type of venue that they would never have the courage to say to someone to their face.

Some, you know who you are, make a habit of inciting controversey whereas in your non-media real life you may be meek followers and desperately non-controversial.

I wish that forums such as this could be restricted to topics related to Mercedes (or Porsche or Fords or whatever) with no off-topic mutual abuse allowed. There is plenty of social media around for that. I'll admit that I sometimes engage also. It is often too much fun not to but if it were resticted to automotive topics, I would not miss it.