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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (15755)6/6/2001 10:23:29 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
What, exactly, does dignity entail?
Does that mean you can't make fun of people in forums like this? Irascible people? Unpleasant people? People whom one might find...ludicrous? Because while there is a fine line between vicious mocking and regular mocking, I like a good mocking. Personal attacks that aren't witty and aren't related to the subject matter, are boring if they aren't really clever- so for me there is a decidedly slippery slope. Very very clever people mocking other people- even if cruel- is so wonderful to watch I'd have a hard time forbidding it (among adults). I'm thinking of some of the very nasty things Oscar Wilde was wont to say about people. Just lovely. Wouldn't want "dignity" to stand in the way of good stuff like that.
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