I'm not going to turn a blind eye to the fact that some of the flack directed at lingo was due to "popularity" but I will offer this little bit of input on personal attacks.
I'm not suggesting there be a grading curve, but here are some points to consider when deciding if a post is "over the line."
1- The relative innocence of the subject of the attack.
2- The sancity of the relationship between the poster and the 3rd party.
3- The relative offensiveness of the post itself.
Examples...
A slam at Lingo's dad... 1: What did Lingo's dad do to provoke that? 2: Family is usually a "sacred" relationship. 3: Offensive... How bad was what they said? (could go either way)
A slam at Fus' girlfriend... 1: What did she do? 2: Wife/girlfriend is pretty touchy. 3: Whore attached to a girl is almost always over the line.
A slam at Hoya for being a flaming liberal... 1: he is a liberal. 2: It's board persona vs. board persona (not very sacred). 3: Flaming liberal isn't all that bad.
Just my thoughts...
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