Should personal attacks be allowed on Apolyton Off Topic?

[giblets]

poll

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

You smell of wee.

[Jon Miller]

Personal attack is one that the person feels is an attack. This is how our society often runs now, but it is logically inconsistent. This is because there is no way to objectively decide what is a personal attack or not.

Many people might feel personally attacked by Ben's posts about homosexuals. Others might feel personally attacked by Loin's post on Christ or MrFun's posts on Conservatives.

Either we have to make some huge restrictions and become a police state or we have to allow most everything and only police when the community can't take a poster anymore.

JM

[rah]

None of this would be a problem if we had mods that actually moderated.

[Jon Miller]

I know what I favor.

JM

[Sava]

**** your poll

[Uncle Sparky]

How I view most 'debates' on this forum -

I've always liked Python and 'Poly... don't change.

[PLATO]

**** your poll

Banana option to long for your taste?

[giblets]

Personal attack is one that the person feels is an attack. This is how our society often runs now, but it is logically inconsistent. This is because there is no way to objectively decide what is a personal attack or not.

Many people might feel personally attacked by Ben's posts about homosexuals. Others might feel personally attacked by Loin's post on Christ or MrFun's posts on Conservatives.

Either we have to make some huge restrictions and become a police state or we have to allow most everything and only police when the community can't take a poster anymore.

JM

A personal attack is a derogatory statement about an individual, not a derogatory statement about a group of people.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

So "You smell of wee and so does your Mum" is fine.

[Aeson]

None of this would be a problem if we had mods that actually moderated.

Well mods need rules to moderate by. I would say given the rules I've asked them to enforce, the moderators we have have done a close to a perfect job.

[Uncle Sparky]

A personal attack is a derogatory statement about an individual, not a derogatory statement about a group of people.

I take that personally!

[Jon Miller]

But what most people don't like about Ben's posts would not be defined as a personal attack and so would be completely acceptable.

I don't think this is what people desire.

It isn't what I desire, when I want moderation.

JM

[giblets]

I take that personally!

Canadians are retards.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

You've got to remember the audience you're dealing with. Back in 1999/2000 when Poly was (over)moderated, half of the traffic on RT was arguing about the rules.