Thanks jimmie,

I am very happy to know that you reconsidered. We would certainly miss you had you stopped posting as much. If you recall, I advised you should write a book, meaning your style of prose is something I would like to emulate.

Per your suggestion about talking about hijacking and its various definitions, I found a few helpful sites. Not trying to prove a point, just getting some talking points. I hope it is helpful.

This is a good definition. The cat/dog example is a little week. This is a traditional hijack where it starts because the off topic posts did seem to be on topic.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=thread%20hijacking

This is an example of a forum which takes hijacking very seriously. Experts-Exchange is another one. I belong to many forums like this, which may explain my being a bit more sensitive.

http://en.board.bigpoint.com/skyrama/showthread.php?t=360563

I like some of these because the definitions or comments on hijacking come directly from users of a forum.

http://forums.psychcentral.com/othe...do-not-hijack-other-peoples-threads.html

This one describes the DDoS thread almost to a T, including locking of the thread and control of thread by the author.

http://shmoozezone.com/forum/topic/Thread-hijacking.htm

Bert
Pediatrics
Brewer, Maine