I typically adopt more of an "innocent until proven guilty" approach to forum members... generally speaking, my opinion of people on here doesn't improve - because I start by thinking they're probably alright, and it can't really go up from there (unless I've previously 'downgraded' them...). I try not to judge on the basis of avatar, or PM score or anything other than the quality of the poster's comments.
I'd bet I'm guilty as hell, huh? 
No - I like you. I don't tend to look for points of difference with people, and I'm sure we have one or two, but overall I think we probably agree on many issues and even if we didn't - I'm more interested in the quality of someone's justification for holding a policy position, rather than what their position actually is. So few things in the world are black and white - I can very heartily disagree with someone, while still respecting their opinion. I can certainly believe that they are totally, absolutely and utterly wrong, but that doesn't mean they haven't got a right to their own opinion... after all, if I disagree with them that vehemently, they believe me to be totally, absolutely and utterly wrong also.
