Colin, the problem comes from people who read comments like that and then take them out of context. Alot of people just skim boards... like, say Luke Ford. Suddenly, there is a headline on Luke Ford: JR says Rawalex is a ******* and will be making up t-shirts to sell in protest". He would be taking an offhand comment, turning it into a publish fact that, even after 100 retractions, would still leave that opinion in people's minds.
Then my reputation, my ability to do business with people would be affected forever.
It also has to do with debate and discussion. Already, calling people names isn't exactly productive (24 years ago, it was determined that any message board post that started with "Hey asshole" usually wouldn't be read. You may not like my opinions, so debate them, but don't mock the person - that is pointless.
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