armalite41 opened this issue on Apr 08, 2005 ยท 71 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Fri, 08 April 2005 at 1:12 PM
I am all for the mods locking/deleting threads that do nothing but re-hash the same ground over and over again.
After a certain point, it becomes obvious that there is no way that the two sides are going to agree with each other. Or even agree to disagree. Or even be civil.
What good does it do anyone (especially Renderosity) to allow such virtual barroom brawls to continue? There's no percentage from a business standpoint. All that people are doing is yelling at each other. Talking at rather than to each other.
From Renderosity's point of view, that's a no-win situation. Best to quell it.
Sure, putting the kabosh on endless diatribes/rants enrages certain self-proclaimed "free speech" types......actually frustrated anarchists. But the label "free speech advocate" sounds so much more inherently noble than the correct labels would -- anarchist......or jerk.
I'll leave the more colorful labels up to others.
"Freedom of Speech" is often used as a cover for "the freedom to be an obnoxious jerk in public without consequences".
Chaos is amusing to teenage boys and un-grown-up boys. Or to immature young girls or un-grown-up girls. Especially when someone else gets hurt. That makes it all the more satisfying to them. They smirk, and smack their lips in smug enjoyment if they can feel that they have succeeded in causing pain to others through the medium of acidic forum posts.
I support the administration on this one.
Message edited on: 04/08/2005 13:24