Ahhh, ... there ya go. "The last word." And that's the bane of my existence: I'm surrounded by knuckleheads who shed no light, lift no spirits, give no consolation; folks who do not entertain, nor enlighten, nor comfort, nor befriend, but will move heaven and earth to have the last word.
I easily concede the last word to the wounded, the deranged, the uninformed, and the young, but I have an abiding intolerance for those who insist that they know everything that needs to be known and insist on having the last word.
"Never been in any way a matter of concern"???
"Impossible to legislate for"???
Then, pray tell, what say you to this?
- X posts an OP.
- I see and read the OP.
- The OP offends me.
- The Forum Mission Statement is:
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- For emphasis, note that the mission statement says: "our aim is to provide a civil environment, informative, respectful and welcoming"
- "where people of diverse beliefs can discuss, compare, and debate religion"
- "while engaging in fellowship with one another."
- Forum Rule #9 forbids "Subverting/Undermining the Forum Mission."
- If an OP offends me, does it subvert/undermine the Forum Mission?
- If I decide to ignore the OP and do not respond, the OP stands, I move on, and the world turns.
- If I respond to the OP and offend the OP author, the thread deteriorates in civility, information-value, respectfulness, AND welcomeness, AND the Forum Mission is subverted/undermined, wouldn't you agree?
- Polymath's advice was: Ignore offensive posts.
- My question to Polymath was: What should I do if an OP offends me and I don't want to ignore the offense?
- Rival said: "Report it."
Seems to me that some repetitions might, indeed, fall within the realm of matters that the Forum Mission is concerned with and proscribes.
That fact is ever in my mind; your reminder is unnecessary and irrelevant.