first i'd like to thank everyone who's responded so far, they've all been excellent. with the 2 exceptions (kid who got banned underage anyways) and one other, i've been so pleased with everyones responses.
thank you all so much!!!
i think a lot of other boards this probably would have turned into a major flame war.
keep 'em coming! when i'm done with my paper (i might actually turn this into my final presentation), i think i'll post it (assuming i'm happy with how it turned out).
thanks again!