Posted by AuntieMel on August 8, 2006, at 15:01:49
In reply to PBC Reality Check, posted by cheesesteak on August 8, 2006, at 12:52:48
That it is just as rude to point out rudeness as the original rudeness.
But - that is in social situations where everyone is supposedly on equal footing.
Here I think that the civility guidelines are there to *keep* everyone on equal footing. Without them (my opinion) there would be the online equivalent of bullies.
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