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Should personal attacks be allowed if they are really, really funny?

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If a personal attack is really funny I think the "attacker" should get a pass. If you take yourself seriously enough to get offended by a post on an internet forum maybe you deserve to be attacked in the first place.

I've been on the boards a few months and i've seen some really funny attacks.. Some of which were quickly deleted by mods before everyone could fully enjoy the hilarity that was the attack. I think this is a crime. Let the comedy remain.




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There, fixed it for ya'!

I'm gonna vote for no PAs, even if they have some humor in them because it's still humor at someone's expense. I reguarly make fun of myself, and I really don't mind if other people poke well-deserved fun at me, but I don't like mean-spirited humor.

Doesn't really matter what we think though, because we don't make the rules. I happen to agree with the no PA rule, though, and support it wholeheartedly.

Walt

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There, fixed it for ya'!

I'm gonna vote for no PAs, even if they have some humor in them because it's still humor at someone's expense. I reguarly make fun of myself, and I really don't mind if other people poke well-deserved fun at me, but I don't like mean-spirited humor.

Doesn't really matter what we think though, because we don't make the rules. I happen to agree with the no PA rule, though, and support it wholeheartedly.

Walt



I agree with you Walt...

I'm against personal attacks unless they are funny enough to make you spit beer on your monitor.
and yes I am bored. 12 hour night shift.

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[replyI agree with you Walt...

I'm against personal attacks unless they are funny enough to make you spit beer on your monitor.
and yes I am bored. 12 hour night shift.



Whos definition of funny will we go with, what I find funny many wont and Vice Versa. Funny is VERY subjective.
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seriously, we are no longer in grade school. If you can't take a pa than lock yourself in doors and close your shades. Personally, i have only met one, wait no.....2 people from this site. If any of them want to take a shot at me go for it :)
I may not agree with what you have to say but i'll defend to the death your right to say it.

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Be allowed? Well, points should be given for creativity I think.;)

Here's some DZ.com trivia for you. There's one poster who has in their possession one "get out of jail free" card. This person has a pass from Sangiro to make one personal attack.

I don't know if it has been used yet, but it's a pretty nifty gift.:ph34r::D
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There, fixed it for ya'!

I'm gonna vote for no PAs, even if they have some humor in them because it's still humor at someone's expense. I reguarly make fun of myself, and I really don't mind if other people poke well-deserved fun at me, but I don't like mean-spirited humor.

Doesn't really matter what we think though, because we don't make the rules. I happen to agree with the no PA rule, though, and support it wholeheartedly.

O.J.




there, now i fixed your post........and now we all know why you feel this way........


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As long as the person dishing it out can take it... then damn right! Its funny shit,. I laugh, you laugh. We all laugh. Its all in good fun. Roll with the punches and don’t take life too seriously, that’s what I say.


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[replyI agree with you Walt...

I'm against personal attacks unless they are funny enough to make you spit beer on your monitor.
and yes I am bored. 12 hour night shift.



Whos definition of funny will we go with, what I find funny many wont and Vice Versa. Funny is VERY subjective.




Yeah,Ian thought he was funny but he was just a dick.Is it a PA if they are not here anymore?


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I've been on the boards a few months and i've seen some really funny attacks.



Unfortunately for you, none of them were yours.

As others have said, humor is in the eye of the beholder. And in my own view, the PAs say a lot more about the person making the attack than about his target.

I do wish, however, that PAs would not be deleted. I'd rather see the thread locked. Deleting PAs gives the attacker a free pass because people are kept in ignorance of his character.

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Nothing new there.

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I think this is a crime



If thats the type of entertainment you are looking for then I can point you to a place known as rec.skydiving. It is full of such PAs and then some.
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I voted no,
After being banned 3 times... and one of those I re read all the posts I made and cant see a single PA there..

I would be more than happy to meet the offending insulters in person. I prefer insults to my face rather than some anonymous weasel sitting back behind his keyboard thinking he is being clever.

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I do wish, however, that PAs would not be deleted. I'd rather see the thread locked. Deleting PAs gives the attacker a free pass because people are kept in ignorance of his character.



It's not always fair (or a good idea) to shut down everyone else's discussion simply because one person can't behave maturely.

If PA's always resulted in locks, we'd probably see a steep increase in people throwing random PA's into discussions that they didn't like. Giving someone such an easy way to shut down discussions they weren't happy with would be counterproductive. For example, what if the discussion was "brand X reserve fails when fired at terminal", and the manufacturer could make the discussion stop simply by creating a troll login and posting "you're a jerk" to the last poster in the thread?

Stopping the useful communication in the event of a PA seems to me to be simply caving in and giving the PA poster what they want.
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I do wish, however, that PAs would not be deleted. I'd rather see the thread locked. Deleting PAs gives the attacker a free pass because people are kept in ignorance of his character.



It's not always fair (or a good idea) to shut down everyone else's discussion simply because one person can't behave maturely.

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Stopping the useful communication in the event of a PA seems to me to be simply caving in and giving the PA poster what they want.



Okay, agreed to all that.

Just ban the poster. Make it unworthwhile to make a personal attack by giving someone a time-out.

I can already see the problem with that solution, however, because then people will be talking about the PA instead of the topic.

I just hate to see the PAs deleted as if they never were. Better to know what (who) one is dealing with.

rl
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Here's some DZ.com trivia for you. There's one poster who has in their possession one "get out of jail free" card. This person has a pass from Sangiro to make one personal attack.

I don't know if it has been used yet, but it's a pretty nifty gift.



The answer to your trivia question is Michele. And no, she has yet to cash it in.

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seriously, we are no longer in grade school.



Really? The point of most threads is to discuss a topic. When a PA is made, two things occur. A PA is not a contribution to the thread. Second, they actually show their communications skills to be that of a grade-schooler. "You are a poo-poo head" is not linguistic skill.

What portion of maturity do you think is defined by accepting the rudeness of others?

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If you can't take a pa than lock yourself in doors and close your shades.



Why? The poster of a PA already has. They cannot communicate in person, so they hide behind the distance of a keyboard.

Daily life requires a person to deal with others in a mature manner. People who regularly use PAs will not function well in any community. This is just one more that they will fail in.

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Well, I can think of all kinds of funny stuff I could say about a lot of people who post stuff I don't like. I guess it comes down to whether or not you'd think it was funny if it was you. Some people have amazingly thin skins. If it's really original and not too terribly heinous, I suppose being let off with a warning might be okay. But then again, I don't own this website, I'm just allowed to post here so long as I mind my manners.

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I think people who use personal attacks on people in an internet forum are all a bunch of assholes.

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