With the intent of not taking sides, I want to say to Qatari that I hope you keep these message boards as open as possible.

In any community, not everyone gets along with everyone and not everyone has the same definition of civility. But for me, part of the pleasure of this forum is experiencing the broad community assembled in Doha and on QL.

On occasion, that experience is negative. But at no time is the entire community rendered inhospitable or unappealing by a few postings in a few threads.