[FireStorm]

For the 2nd time, you are comparing potential for injury and death to simple words.

If someone's feelings are being that badly hurt by you berating their play at a NL Hold Em cash game table, they need to thicken their skin, and realize that life is tough and people won't always be nice. In your world, do you not deal with worse verbal issues in everyday life than someone saying you're a fish for turning a gutshot?

Thje departing fish angle has already been covered. Nothing but a myth. They leave, at most, on a rare occasion. This whole thing that fish suddenly head for the hills because you laugh at them is a fallacy.

As for tension, the nature of the game is tense as it is. As stated, you're playing to win and playing for monetary gain, at your highest level of ability. Naturally, there's tension. Too bad if someone wants to shed tears over me snickering at their bottom pair calldown.