Some things need to be said while this can of worms is open. Lisa, as of today you have eighteen thousand, eighty posts. 18.080!!!!!! The problem is not participation, but the fact that you derail more threads than any person here and you seemingly do so with glee.
I have taken up for you in the past for I am a freedom of speech guy, but your behavior has gotten much worse over time and it is coming to a head for you are not allowing a conversation to advance anywhere.
Your latest trend is to ask a simple, impertinent one-liner question in an irritating manner to posters usually after they have gone into great detail with their posts which are designed for the whole here and not you personally. I think it is disingenuous and it kills multiple threads and I think you know you are irritating people .
More maddening is your total lack of empathy or decorum at times and the willingness to pour gas on sensitive conversations.
The other thing here is you at one time or another beef with everybody. E-V-E-R-Y-B-O-D-Y !!!!!!!!! And you have absolutely no sense of when to back off, take a break or let something go.
But here is the thing... you seem to invite and enjoy discourse and the negative vibe that ensues when you enter a conversation. It is as if you sponge that negative energy and thrive on it. And you know what? That absolutely SUCKS and there is no place for those who sponge and get off on perpetuated discourse.
VC allows this forum to more or less police itself, but if anyone needs a posting limit, it is you.
The forum is telling you to back off a bit in some cases, let things flow, and to emulate a rational human being who realizes they do not have to add nothingness to every single discussion. If you back off some, people may start to view you differently, but right now, you are a problem here for many.
Lastly, if Awoken and myself can do it, you and Jess can. She has shown a willingness to move on of late but we all know pithy one-liners makes it hard to do so. The time has come for personal reflection.
UPDATE _ You have made 57 posts and counting since this post which was made this morning.