Quote:I would like to see this forum become a more friendly place, especially to newcomers, and I think enough of us are mature enough to censure ourselves.I can't think of one person who we've been unfriendly to for the hell of it. All the people that get insulted here en-masse are people who have angered others, or have displayed poor qualities of a community member. Since this whole thing started off with the whole "In This Mind" situation, I'll use her as an example.
She was a newcomer, she came into a thread about objectifying women, decided that her opinion was the only correct one, and that anyone who disagreed with her was obviously a misogynist. That doesn't show the qualities we expect of a freethinker, and it certainly isn't the behavior we expect of a community member.
There are many people with whom we have disagreements on this forum, yet we are perfectly reasonable with them because for the most part, they response rationally to criticism, instead of blowing up in your face. Your quote above suggests that members here have been randomly attacking new people for no reason, which is where I completely disagree, and why I am voting to simply tighten up the current rule on flaming.
