please no name calling or flaming.
I re-read my post, and I don't see any name that I called. This thread got no more out of hand than some others I've seen (like the one about signing the card for the persons in the military - that one got downright ugly!).
let others express themselves freely
Exactly, and I am expressing myself freely. Any "flaming" comes from being flaming mad at Britt. She wants to know what everyone thinks about her home situation, which she herself admits is "twisted". I told her. I get angry when I am manipulated, which is what she does when she visits a PET LOVERS website and starts talking about less than loving things that have happened to her animals in her house.
Please keep it friendly
I'm sorry, I can't be cordial when animals are being mistreated. I just can't.