Nate, you just indirectly called people rolling on Gilgamesh selfish in one paragraph and said you're not seeing any disrespect in the next one...
I agree with most of the essence of your post but the OP never asked to stifle anything, he asked for respect. Something we all need to be careful about when discussing anything we have strong opinions about.
Of course there was never any direct name-calling, but even indirect offenses are, well, offensive.
Anyways, I'm not here to point finger, but this was just an easy example of how easy it is to offend when we're not careful. And that's all that's being asked here, I believe.
I also believe that you do in fact have to respect people's choices.
I agree with most of the essence of your post but the OP never asked to stifle anything, he asked for respect. Something we all need to be careful about when discussing anything we have strong opinions about.
Of course there was never any direct name-calling, but even indirect offenses are, well, offensive.
Anyways, I'm not here to point finger, but this was just an easy example of how easy it is to offend when we're not careful. And that's all that's being asked here, I believe.
I also believe that you do in fact have to respect people's choices.