Some nice points made in this thread. I think mutual respect has become a mostly foreign concept, period. It's like there's no friendly rivalry anymore. Like different is another word for wrong. Forums/social sites/irc chats etc seem to exacerbate the problem, because there's no consequence to being a dick other than a few people not liking you. Then you have another group whose lack of respect stems from a lack of self respect. However it developed, they tend to cling onto these "trolls" words and attacks because they get a hollow sense of fulfillment from being a part of something, however disrespectful it is. It's a shame. I'm an old man compared to most of this community, and I see a generation that could quickly change the world for the better if you chose to. You've got teenagers here who do developer work and projects. My generation was lucky if they came out of school knowing how to do an oil change on their own car....