(June 5, 2011 at 4:54 pm)Zenith Wrote:(June 4, 2011 at 1:43 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(June 4, 2011 at 11:20 am)Zenith Wrote: I would like if it would be added something (unless it already is): the case when a person (theist or atheist) starts a thread/post with the purpose of mocking or assaulting the other party, which has the effect of insulting all the members of that party - for instance, if you remember, there was once a thread with one that said what he would once ask a priest, something about cleaning/wiping the shit with devil wings in heaven - I don't know if he was kicked out, this case is rare but... it has an inverse effect to being a fruitful communication, to toleration, etc.
No, I don't remember. It seems like an interesting point to use, but if I could be given just a little more info, I think I could include it.
this is the thread (I've just found it):
http://atheistforums.org/thread-6103.html
if some rules were added so that things like this would be forbidden, it would be better.
Reading the thread, it all just seems more sophomoric than offensive. That said, there was another forumer whose story is much more in line with what you warned against. She actually decided to go from rambling screeds to issuing blanket insults on every forum member before going to the Gauntlet and getting banned. There was an apparently atheistic counterpart to her.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.