Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-50.169.220.77-20140311014922/@comment-25018492-20140706074835

I do tend to take things much more plainly, yes.

Your assessment makes sense, though your initial response still seems unnecessary. It's not even very likely that the WC will come back to read the response (because that seemed like a "drop the mike, walk away" sort of comment, and he won't get updates). Additionally, as shown above, your and others expressed opinion are (at least here, on this page) in the majority. What the WC did was essentially walk into the room, yelled at the largest group within, and walked out. This does nothing but vent his supposed emotions.

Emotions happen. I applaud your restraint, yet your post still seems filled with the same anger WC's was, though even less veiled (to where I could see it without explaination). To a certain extent my following posts as well as Akin's were too. This form of chain reaction is exactly what we should try to avoid if we are to maintain a civil environment.

In conclusion: Everyone please stop using emotions like weapons. If someone has angered you, blasting them with logic or emotions etc, will do nothing but start wars. The best way to handle these situations is to let your previous words stand for themselves, and let the readers judge. This will result in the post that angered you seeming like a jerk, and you seeming much less so. This applies to everyone. For evidence, look above: Andrew responded, which made me think he was being mean, so I responded, making Akin think I was being mean, etc. If any of us had NOT responded (including WC) then that would have left the previous person looking horrible (to at least some people).