function validateReplyForm(replyForm){
	// alert('validating reply');
	if (replyForm.message_text.value.length > 8000) {
		alert('You have too much text in the message field.  You are limited to 8,000 characters.  Please delete some and try again');
		return false;
		}
	trimReply = trim(replyForm.message_text.value)
	if ( trimReply.length <= 1 ) {
		alert('Please enter a message and try again');
		return false;
		}
	return true;
}