Comment 89550

By ScreamingViking (registered) | Posted June 14, 2013 at 15:00:32 in reply to Comment 89540

The writer poses an interesting idea - it's far too easy to be flippant, and perhaps being forced to take the time to formalize a comment would be helpful in some ways (though it could be overkill where simpler responses are concerned). I find that, for myself, when I do take more time to construct a more thorough response, it's both better informed (often taking time for some quick research, which could very well change my thoughts even just a bit) and more neutral in tone.

I find the discussions here are generally very intelligent and "self moderated" to a degree. There are times that people will never agree or find common ground, but that's to be expected.

I do have one criticism, and it's about comments from banned users being deleted. No doubt some of them should be, but not all of those comments are inappropriate or offensive - they may be construed as trolling in some cases, but often they represent a point of view that happens to conflict with the majority opinion. That point of view may be misguided, or misinformed, or biased, or based on incomplete facts... but it may also be valid in some cases. Regardless, I think it does a disservice to the rest of a discussion if that point of view is removed, even if the user has been banned; it often shows an extreme that lends strength to opinions that are based on more valid arguments.

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