Originally posted by oldman9er:Originally posted by Otter:
Frankly though, I don't care who starts the argument. It takes two to tango, as the expression goes.
Well this says it all, and to be blunt, I think that's a horrible way to handle things. That's like having two small children that fight all the time. You know Jimmy is always throwing the first punch that starts the fights, but for you, that doesn't matter? You still blame Benji for fighting back and judge the two equally?
Really? If you want the problem stopped... truly want it stopped... you nip it at the bud.... Stop Jimmy's BS and you have no further problems.
That would be true if it was also true that it was always Jimmy starting the fight.
And we're talking about a subjective topic. If someone is of the opinion that Smith is a terrible QB, they are allowed to express their opinion. If you don't agree, and debate it fine. But at some point the two parties need to recognize no progress will be made and agree to disagree. And it shouldn't spill in to every thread. Also, little Jimmy is not physically hitting Benji here, they are simply disagreeing with the other person. Benji is culpable if he engages in a fruitless argument and allows it to carryover throughout the board.
There are no innocent parties here. Both sides of the debate have engaged in similar tactics, name calling and spamming. So both Benji and Jimmy have been bad actors.