This has become absolutely hilarious.

With respect for those with an honest anger response to things that make many of us angry and not the contrived control-freak outrage borne of not being able to get other people to 'behave', there is one common thread running through this... um, thread.

Everybody contributing* is upset, put-out, peeved, pissed, insulted, or outraged about something, and there's a whole bunch of different somethings. There's no consistency about what we're peeved about. We're all just upset and eager to share that with those who might like something else from us.

I will say that I believe there IS some cultural dissonance between UK and US posters (with Canada somewhere in between). It seems as though a person can get as nasty as they want, sneer, bully, stalk or whatever, as long as they don't use profanity. You say one little four-letter word, and your post isn't acceptable. Oh, and then there's the whole 'she MADE me say it--not my fault' that is so popular. I don't know what can be done about that. Maybe just being willing to try to understand others before judging what they say or do (which Azizi just talked about), but does anyone really think that has a chance of working?


*Except Bill D who is disgustingly NOT upset, put-out, peeved, pissed, insulted, or outraged. This pisses me off. Bill, get with the program and get pissed about something.