There is nothing wrong with polite behavior...

Outrage is cheap:

"There are places where outrage is appropriate. But the level of outrage in the blogosphere has made outrage meaningless. Someone disagrees with me about national healthcare, the fascist monster! Someone thinks that women shouldn't have to carry babies to term if they don't want to--baby-hating sadists! What's left when people actually do horrible things for awful reasons? First, kill all the fascist-baby-hating-monster-sadists!

Sorry, I fell alseep during the global warming hate-olympics. Um, 8.7! What were you saying?"