It all gets very tiring. Sad but, for the sake of individual people feeling somehow smug about being able to argue on forever "in public", getting in the last word in etc., the general population slowly gets the impression this isn't a place they want to visit any more, much less try to actually post anything.
Put it this way. You want to go to your favorite bar and have an enjoyable drink or two.
![Wink ;)](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/wink.gif)
Now lately, every time you go, there is a brawl happening somewhere. The brawlers may get what they want and even somehow think they have an audience (they don't, except for people hating them, but then their kind are usually delusional). However its ruining everyone else's evening. Except for like minded people of course.
The bottom line is there are many people who will leave. I wonder if the actual intent IS to ruin the forum, as there seems no other logical point? Something to think about.....