"Which is a truer depiction of someone - the works they produce or the words they post? " I think we're talking two different parts of the brain here. I know I switch over when I go from writing fiction or essays, say, to when I'm doing visual art. On the other hand, if someone is being a complete jerk about an artistic matter-- or confusing art and morality-- well, I do want to see if he or she does any art at all or if this is blowing smoke. Why? Cause an opinion that comes from experience counts more to me. There's another issue as well. We are a multinational forum and our posters often are using a language with which they have no facility. I think it's bogus to trash anybody for not being able to state a clear case in a foreign tongue. I couldn't do much more than say, hello in Spanish or French and I could even do that in Ukrainian or Greek. In those cases, words can betray you easily. Most of the time humor can come through but even then, a foreign language can make a joke seem harsher than it really is. Emily