CliveStaples Wrote:I don't know what you tolerate. I'm not saying that you're tolerating him. I'm just saying--and I hope that most people would agree--that tolerating flaming (strings of insults with no substantive response) leads to a worse community.
At the risk of furthering this conversation beyond what is necessary, I feel I must point out that that is absolutely not what you said. You outright accused the staff of tolerating it and went on to say it reflects poorly on us.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
