This is the most cordial board I've ever read & the only one that I participate with in any length. It is a good community... Not necessarily a community in the traditional sense, but a community that takes on a life of its own given its restrictions of interaction & freedom of security.

So many facets to a topic like this, that we can touch on many MANY aspects of it, and it definately is good to ponder all of these questions. People fade in & out of here, peolpe meet & create stronger bonds, people get lost when their computer isn't working or if the site is down. We can run through all the emotions as well.

Basically when I'm interacting in forums like this that could lend itself to being deceptive in some instances, I try to be as respectful as possible. With respect, I know I am not cheating myself or anyone else, and am getting more enjoyment out of the experience. The hope is that there will be equal respect between all people, but I cannot control others... I just do my part.
This community is so much like others in the fact that we will benefit from being honest & exhibiting tactfullness & sensitivity in regards to others.

Here is some good Karma of two Indian proverbs that may fit well here:

Let what you speak
Behind another's back
Be the same
As what you say
In their presence.

&

True friendship lives not
In outward smiles of greeting,
But in the smiles which well up
From a loving heart.