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(08-11-2013, 12:36 AM)Spiritual Machine Wrote:(08-11-2013, 12:31 AM)Sylas Wrote:Or to put it more simply, ever heard of trolling? Like, the original variety of trolling, where a thoughtful and polite argument is made regarding something guaranteed to stir up heated contention?(08-11-2013, 12:29 AM)Aldeus Wrote:Because, and I'm not trying to be inflammatory here, common sense dictates that this is a volatile-enough subject to incite very wild reactions.(08-11-2013, 12:26 AM)Sylas Wrote: I can't think of any public forum in existence that wouldn't have taken the same action, honestly. It wasn't worded in a way that opened discussion and had no real place on the forums. It would have created 1 thing and only 1 thing at the end of the day.
A massive shitstorm that only invites foul language and the kind of thing that has to be kept off of forums, much less beta forums.
The contents would have been much better suited for an open-letter of sorts, not a post on their beta forums.
Sorry to see you got suspended, though!
How can person A be held responsible for person B's ignorant, repulsive response to person A's thoughtful and polite argument?
You can understand English and still screw up your context.
By your logic, the March on Washington was trolling.