member bashing vs. opinions, just wondering what your take on this is Options

[Melissa]

Member Bashing:

John Smith is a fucking douchebag and should go fuck a whale and get an STD.

Opinion:

I don't know about you, but I personally feel that John Smith acts rather douchey around the forums, don't you think? I don't think I would be very displeased if he fornicated with a whale and obtained an unfortunate sexually transmitted disease.

I personally think that posting the opinion part around the forum isn't technically member bashing. You're just posting your opinion about somebody, right? Not blatantly calling them names.

[queen]

^ i understand that; i was simply suggesting that most comments that could be considered "member bashing" would be ignored depending on the receiver. e.g. - there are many threads in the relationships forum full of member bashes but are not perceived as such. why is this allowed to happen? another example would be all the "harsh" comments that were directed to nquackperson. he probably doesn't care about the bashing against him, but like you stated, it's bashing nonetheless.

actually, this is not a problem that bothers me; i'm just saying it does exist. my view is that the reason this happens is 'cause of the situation i described: the original poster did something/posted something "stupid", thus warranting a bombardment of "you're stupid" responses, which are then allowed to be posted. (by "allowed" i mean they are not addressed as member bashing).

the whole point of this thread is to show that although you could be saying the same thing, the way the post is approached depends on how it's worded and how it applies to the person the post is about. (or at least that's how i'm interpreting it, amiright, melissa?) so although the second quote "opinion" could/would be considered "member bashing" by some people, there's also a chance that it would not be addressed as such and that the poster would not be penalized.