We are human. Humans have disagreements. When humans have disagreements, we get vocal with our views. The Internet is a perfect medium for voicing one's views. Now, what do you get when you mix humans with disagreements into the toxic miasma of the Internet ? Why, a good old fashioned flame war, of course!

A flame war is net-speak for a seemingly endless online discourse where not much in facts or logic is written, in which place we have an ever increasing number of innuendos, name calling and that old classic, ad-hominem attacks. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia says,

"A flame may have elements of a normal message or entry, but is distinguished by its intent. The motive for flaming is never dialectic, but rather social or psychological. Flamers are attempting to assert their authority, or establish a position of superiority."