Posted by Umguy on March 31, 2000 at 12:19:37:
In Reply to: A thought out(if somewhat stream of consciousness) reply to Takashimi's post, as well as to all of you "form" flamers.(semi-long) posted by Grallon on March 31, 2000 at 07:40:40:
Grallon, you post too much. Way too much. I mean, I post too much, but you are over the top too much. Having said that, this statement, in particular, makes me laugh with derision:
> Instead of flaming the poster for posting things he is not really posting, and not really addressing the thing that is making him post in the first place, all you angry masses have to do is say this.
>
> "Ok, you were wronged, perp is bad, nothing we can do about it."
With this comment, you basically assume that everyone agrees that the initial whiner has a valid point. Most people that actually think he/she has a valid point will not post at all, or they will do as you suggest. The problem with your suggestion on "stopping the vicious cycle" is that you truly assume that the poster was wronged in some way, which, in many cases, is simply not true.