[Gunny Highway]

An Internet forum is not real life. Why would you expect people to act as if it were?

Clark is right. I wouldn't berate Elaine if Ed were there in real life. However, that's not out of any fear of Ed. It's because I simply don't belive in belittling anyone in front of their loved ones. It's kind of like not kicking some guy's ass in front of his kids. If I met Elaine alone, however, I would be perfectly willing to tell her what I think of her posting. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't hold anything back in telling me what she thought of mine.

With that said, I'm guessing that Elaine is not nearly as rabid in person as she comes across here. We obviously have very different views on many things, but we'd probably be civil to one another in a social setting.

I think it's fine not to treat this like real life because it isn't. I think it's good that the internet allows people to say what they think or feel w/o the censorship they put on themselves in real life. At times, it does get out of hand. At times people do make statements they shouldn't. I'm aware that I'm sometimes guilty of that. But people are getting way to emotional about all this.

The real travesty here has nothing to do with whether Elaine continues to make feminazi posts in 00T, or whether any of the other posters are happy or unhappy to see her go. That's all just entertainment. The travesty here is that people have taken this seriously enough that it played a part in Ed leaving. Ed's leaving impacts people in real life. It impacts people's ability to earn their living or play profitably as a hobby. Whatever the other issues involved are, this is the issue that needs to be resolved for the benefit of all.