Coming up on ten years

[Thomas]

Not one Internet forum moderator that I can think of today embraces the marriage of feisty debate and respect for the other's views that Jerry had. He made arguments based on logic (even if his logic was questionable at times) but he never stooped to name-calling, rumor mongering, and so on.

I suppose that's because he was not spouting opinions to hear himself talk, and also because he had knowledge. The fact that he was a real journalist helped, too. His voice in the Wine Trader was singular.

Jerry got me interested in yapping on the Internet. Before he invited me here, I had no intention to do so.