--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > How about if we reach a similar consensus regarding abusive > language? I'd like to hear some feedback on how people feel > about this sort of behavior, either observing it in others, > being the brunt of it, or even dishing it out? Do you > actually feel better after verbally abusing someone, or does > it leave you feeling polluted?
I don't like it when others are abused unfairly, but because of the unfairness, not the language. I don't mind at all when abuse is directed at me, even if it's grossly unfair, because it shows the person delivering it in such a negative light. I do my damndest always to be fair, even if I use abusive language. As far as the language itself is concerned, abusive or otherwise, I "feel better" when I think I've clearly expressed how I feel and why, period. What I'd like to see a consensus about is that people should make a major effort to be fair and accurate; and if someone is deliberately being unfair and/or inaccurate, I'd like to see everybody else "pile on" the person and convey their disapproval.
