I might have missed an incident that provoked this thread. . . but that's okay.
It's unreasonable to expect we'll all act reasonably, but more than on any other board, most of manage to do so most of the time. And anyone of us can, and have perhaps, written "internetishly" and shouldn't have.
These personal attacks even filter into discussions about opinions on music! They just can't be helped I think, but they're well-handled here in comparison to other sites. Try talking about Obama's "hope" on a Harley Davidson site! You'll see all but cyber lynchings.
It's easy to side-step many of these confrontations, just as if you look where you're going you can sidestep many cow patties. This a great community, and we can and I think we will try harder to see less of this behavior.