Flaming/Flame Wars
Flaming is reacting to someone's board posting or PM in a hostile manner by publicly chastising the person or bombarding the person with nasty posts or PM's. Flaming may occur to users that engage in behavior that violates what is considered proper board netiquette. A flame war occurs when two or more users flame each other in an escalating manner that threatens to continue unabated. If you notice a flame war developing just notify the moderator or adminitrator and let them handle it. Do not take part in flame wars. If you do you will be banned even if you did not start it :-)
Dear Greg,
I would suggest going to DB's main page. There is a lot of legel info available in black and white regarding this matter. The rest you may get is heresay. DB is excellent at researching there sources. Hope this helps. And I apologize for passing the buck but get a look at the other things DB has to offer and consider becominfg a VIP. I do not work for them but have found that that distinction has it's benefits. Discouts too.
Best Regards,
Hoop