Ha Ha!

Live free.

Die Happy.

I would welcome Hothgar back.

I will make a note to ping you lots of greenies.

And yes, as TOD becomes more 'professional' expect more thought control and thereby self - censorship.

... after all , who could face life in the morning with negative greenies? - the shame!

Or worse still : no response whatsoever?

Gadzooks! Peak must truly have arrived: TOD is becoming professional.

I bumped you up for your post although I would presume you don't care. And, yes, I feel a bit guilty for being part of the system. This is an experiment and may actually result in "better" posts whatever that means. Some or maybe many posters here will try harder to have their posts appreciated by other posters. Accordingly, they will be more careful in the way they express themselves. This is a testament to our educational and work system which encourages behavior whereby we learn to play well with others. Many of the low scorers will be either banned or will wander off elsewhere to the nether regions of the internet.

Personally, I don't mind the people I perceive as dickheads because this forces me to confront the opinions of dickheads, that is, the possible majority of people out there. Alternatively, even stupid opinions are welcome and I fear that this experiment will be too successful.

I assume we are all being watched by the government; I feel this system is kind of piling on. And,hey, a number system might even help the government more efficiently monitor our activities.

And anyone who thinks I am being paranoid hasn't been paying attention to the news for the last several years.