I think, Jason took up MD citizenship before Sep. 11, 2001, but he was too nice then, so I don't remember him. These were fun days, when Johnson Chong and his gang terrorized the place (at nights). After 9/11, Jason and me occupied the opposite sides of the barricades. This is to say, we disagreed most of the time. This was when I understood how important it is to have a good opponent. When you know that your arguments will be carefully read and mercilessly debunked, it makes you think harder, check your facts and not to post statements you can't support. Now keep in mind that you have to do all this under stress, discussing emotionally charged problems, and you will see that any technical discussion after this is a piece of cake. I improved my qualification as a "pathological arguer" tremendously, and I hope, I served Jason well too. In any case, his attacks became too dangerous, and our anti-American team delegated him to moderate MD. This way he had to be nice with us.