Or we could ban all the arseholes!
Please note that I have not called anyone an arsehole, nor have I implied that any particular posters are arseholes, but if said hypothetical arseholes were banned, we might have a pleasant place to post!
Incidentally, if you feel I'm targeting you by mentioning hypthetical arseholeness, you might be right. Hypothetically.
Hey, I'm with you, Alatar. That is such an excellent idea!!!!
I jest. Well, no, not entirely. As a Ranger with the power to do so, I have to be, you know, all politically correct and cool and not let my personal feelings get the better of me.
Your hypothetical poster.
Let's say he is, first of all, a "he". Let us further imagine that he is boring, smug, arrogant, boring, conceited, boring, posts tedious uninteresting twaddle, believes himself to be a wit, believes himself to be clear-sighted to a very high degree and has, besides, a very high opinion of his superiority, intellect, education, and general shininess. And is a bore. Is this the sort of poster you would characterize as an "arsehole", Alatar? I suspect it might be. Shall we go further with our imaginary poster? He's mean and hateful, spiteful as a little girl in about grade 5, snotty, with appalling manners, barges in where he's not wanted, thinks he's hot stuff . . . . am I going down the right road here? He is also a snob. A real, dyed-in-the-wool snob of the worst sort. He fancies himself in so many laughable ways and thinks we are all secretly smitten with his wonderfulness. I bet I'm getting closer, right? He's what we call a scaredy-cat. Like an old lady afraid of boggles under the bed - only not all old ladies are like that; I'm not and I'm an old lady and all. I'm not a scaredy-cat, either. I don't see the world as full of nasty enemies out to destroy me.
I agree, Alatar, that an arsehole like that is not welcome here. But even arseholes have to actually break some rules. I'm watching.
I am a Watchbird, and, if the arsehole is here: I'm watching YOU.