Okay, here is why I came back to this group. I did it again. I went over to the other forum, which shall remain nameless, other than to say that it rhymes with "edmunds".

So I wander in, and find myself in reading a sequence of posts lambasting one of the prime hybrid-doubters on the forum. But who seems (to me) to be fairly reasonable and thick-skinned and tolerant of getting lambasted. And who also happens to own a GM pickup 'hybrid', which was why, in this particular case, he was being hammered.

So I made the foolish observation that roasting this individual for their choice was probably a waste of energy, and most likely has the effect of pushing fence-sitters *away* from considering hybrids, rather than towards. It is a strategy that is almost guaranteed to backfire.

The result was that (1) I was accused of hero-worship of this individual, and (2) my posts pointing out what I just said above (waste of energy, backfiring, etc.) were removed from the forum! Geez, I think I'm a pretty friendly and non-argumentative guy -- and I'm being censored on a forum!

It's really quite hilarious.

But when will I ever learn?! From now on, this is me ---> I promise