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Originally Posted by Richard
I don't think what you are talking about now matches the "total flameout" approach for the entertainment of others you were talking about earlier.
In either case I don't think being uncivil is justified or necessary. Yelling at a bully is meaningless because it is part of their nature not to listen. Tell them civilly but in no uncertain terms that you are not going to tolerate the behavior, and if they persist let them deal with ostracization and other civil consequences.
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I didn't say I would be civil, just that they would argue that one was not civil regardless of how it was done. Also, I could not 'yell' seeing it is done textually and not vocally. I would refrain from all caps since that would be rather obvious, and probably not read. I could tell them quite accurately what I thought of them even though they'd have to look up most of the words to understand what was being said, although their ego would not let them admit they had had to look up anything. I would consider that civil, especially since it would be easy to 'put them in their place' without having to use any commonly used curse words to do so. They, however, would claim uncivility on my part. I think where you and I differ is in the determination of what is civil and what is not. Different strokes, I guess.
G'nite.