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Originally Posted by Yug
Well, I guess we will just have to disagree.
Are you familiar with the following quote attributed to Edmund Burke?
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." 
This would mean to some, that allowing the bullying to occur, with no upbraiding of any sort, is actually condoning it. That is also the meaning I take from it.  |
We have the case of the not-so-evil doers. For example, if we encounter someone who engages in uncivil behavior for attention, and then most people don't respond, the pattern on this site has been that they either stop the behavior or go away.
In the case of people who are just plain mean -- through immaturity or otherwise: I agree that a rebuttal is due. But still there is no excuse for being uncivil about it.