@Cycloptichorn,
A productive member of the community? Not a chance with your definition of productive. If you were familiar with Cyrano De Bergerac( I am sure you read nothing but left wing junk and "The Nation") you would know what he said when his friend. Le Bret, asked him to compromise with the evil Cardinal Richelieu.
Cyrano replied:
Watching you other people( Cyclo, Occom Bill, Dyslexia, Debra Law) making friends Everywhere, as a Dog makes friends, I mark the manner of these canine courtesies and think: "My friends are of a cleaner breed: Here comes--thank God!-another enemy.