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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Kaufman's been insulting people individually and in groups since he got here. ("MOBILE SLEAZE"... "But all you do is react, insult, thoughtlessly, with utterly asinine tripe.") I suspect nobody's particularly reported those insults because we recognize the difference between personally-focused attacks and a delusional mindset.
It's not the Mobileread regulars who turned this conversation uncivil, and it'd be nice to allow some slack for the people who attempted to reach through the wall of technophobia to persuade him that the world's not going to end if kids can download Shakespeare in addition to reading it on paper.
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Well, calling him a dummy, among other things, is certainly over the line for any sort of civil discussion.
And citing his previous comments as justification of calling him names now? I was taught two wrongs do no make a right. Nor does someone doing something bad to you justify you doing something bad back. That's called revenge, and it really gets us nowhere.
So, I think the post mentioned by the moderator was definitely name-calling, and out of line, and I'm actually surprised it was left in the thread. And there's no question in my mind, no matter what Kaufman has said in the past, that it should be removed as it reflects badly on the MR community.
-Pie