That does not mean that everyone is too afraid to speak up lest someone take offense and gun him down. What that does mean is that an armed person is secure in body and mind and, therefore, does not need to assert himself by being rude to others.
A man carrying a side-arm is, in many ways, protected against others' reaction to his rudeness. That obliges him to take the high road and be even more polite than he would have been when unarmed.
The Internet provides a similar level of safety from the audience's reaction. One can insult another forum member and get away with it, physically. That means that the obligation to restrain ourselves cannot be enforced by anyone else but us.
The number of personal attacks and rude outbursts has been very high this week. While we are a miniature society with almost 5,000 members, I keep the faith that we will improve on the society at large. Courtesy to others' views would go long way to make TFL a better forum. Please check the safeties on your tempers, folks.
Thank you.
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Oleg "cornered rat" Volk (JPFO,NRA)
http://dd-b.net/RKBA
A man carrying a side-arm is, in many ways, protected against others' reaction to his rudeness. That obliges him to take the high road and be even more polite than he would have been when unarmed.
The Internet provides a similar level of safety from the audience's reaction. One can insult another forum member and get away with it, physically. That means that the obligation to restrain ourselves cannot be enforced by anyone else but us.
The number of personal attacks and rude outbursts has been very high this week. While we are a miniature society with almost 5,000 members, I keep the faith that we will improve on the society at large. Courtesy to others' views would go long way to make TFL a better forum. Please check the safeties on your tempers, folks.
Thank you.
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Oleg "cornered rat" Volk (JPFO,NRA)
http://dd-b.net/RKBA