Forgive me but I would like to think that history teaches us that there are better ways to behave, and hopefully to learn to become more enlightened. I would not care to be a martyr, I would try my best to avoid it as Thomas More did. As I said, criticism is fine, after all our ancestors fought for the right of free speech. I just don't find rudeness particularly clever, and if a point cannot be made without it then yes, I will choose to discard it.