We all are in grave danger!

[Everett]

This discussion is pointless.

I don't care why people leave the forum. Seriously, just shut up and leave. If you don't want to be bothered afterwards, don't invite people to bother you by dragging on the conflict. If she departed peacefully and did not persist in complaining, but Atlasians started visiting her blog and insulting her without the slightest provocation, then I would have a huge problem with that. Stalking people who aren't bothering you in the slightest is rude. However, by complaining about the forum on her blog, she is essentially demonstrating that she hasn't given up and wants to continue the flame wars. I am not lowering myself to the position of posting annoying comments, but at the same time, I don't think that they were completely undeserved, either.

Anyway, this is an Internet forum. I honestly don't understand why anyone would take the Internet this seriously. Just get a dose of reality and stop worrying so much about what people on the Internet think of you.

[Everett]

Whilst I really don't want to continue posting in this thread, I would like to attempt to make another point.

I don't believe that I have directly insulted texasindy in any way. If I am wrong, please let me know. I realise that Jamespol is upset because he is friends with texasindy and he believes that she has been attacked unfairly. To an extent, I can sympathise with him. I consider someone who is regularly attacked unfairly (and who was attacked in this very thread, actually) a friend, and it seriously pisses me off whenever the person is flamed for no reason. However, that does not give me any justification for hopping into random threads and flaming other users. It's not as though I don't care; I care a lot, even if this is just the Internet. But two wrongs don't make a right, and the way to stop flaming is not to add fuel to the fire. If someone is being treated improperly, report the post or thread to a moderator. Don't start insulting others just because your friend has been attacked or you might find yourself in trouble.

This is mostly directed toward James, but I'm sure that many other people could find this useful.