alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you started an argument with a stranger > > forget about it No, I didn't. I asked really politely for him to pick up his rubbish which he took a massive objection to. It then descended into a very short-lived exchange of insults. I am not in the habit of picking fights with people. I'm very broad minded, fairly liberal and reasonably well-educated...I was offensive to this guy on this occasion because, rightly or wrongly, I felt he deserved it. I'm not proud. But I do hate ignorance - he was ignorant. I never mentioned his race - and I don't think I was racially offensive. I will certainly print out those flyers, although what good it'll do...so thanks to everyone for your opinions. I know where he lives, not the other way around.