Intern_8033 wrote:Before I go any further, let me qualify this by saying that almost everyone I've talked to about this thinks I'm being silly.[...]
I would call this sort of subversive infection far more malignant than the obvious infraction of using the word "nigger." What I mean is, one person using the word nigger won't lead to hundreds that do the same, but one toomanyhelicopters will.
i think you're underestimating the effect of random insults
you can SKIP a huge-ass block of typing
the random insults, first, they're random, so you don't know they're coming. second, they're compact, so you cannot avoid them.
extended riffing on whatever is easy to tune out. blunt trauma via random insult coarsens the discussion and reduces this forum to something that less than appealing.
i don't _really_ care that much. but i think it's fine to eliminate posting by people who can't be reasonable. and i think racial epithets and senseless taunting are unreasonable.
Marsupialized wrote:The wrath of indie rockers with hurt feelings ranks just below marshmallows and right above warm sunny days on the list of shit I'm scared of.
so tough on the internet
on the contrary, i think you cultivate wrath, hurt feelings or not. nice work.