Renee, that you ahae a personal problem with Gypsy we all know and thats nothing strange, she has strong views and likes to air them when she can, hey theres no law against that. This is an internet and debating forum and in such you must agrue for your opinion against others who do not share it. Unfortunately some debates get heated and insults fly from both sides but thats a normal human reaction, not sinester or evil. That some people of similar views tend to stick together is also human, its normal but that doesnt mean they are a bulling pack of hounds.
To be honest I am not a user of personal insults but that doesnt mean I am better than those who do, just maybe that I have some of my emotions under control or do not feel as strong about some topics as others...but people who insult do it because they are attacked or they have no more points in their agruement left or are just frustrated that they havent got their point over.
In the end Renee it up to everybody to decide whether they contribute on QL, with possible insults resulting, or they dont. I dont beleive every month a post condemning individuals is very helpful to anything other than stirring up trouble and acheiving nothing. There are enough topics/problems/opinions out there that are more worthy of our attention than just personal vendettas and problems.
Yes maybe some people could be more careful when they write, so as atleast to attempt to avoid an insulting match but they are not bound to by any code. We all react to what we read, sometimes what is written seems at first glance to mean one thing but in later discussions it shows itself to mean something else.
Part of free speech is that we all have to sometimes hear things we dont like and agree with but then thats part of having a free world.