Rude and unnecessary?
I'm not sure I wholly see what you mean.

In terms of necessity, after all, it's not necessary to post the stories to begin with. You post a story on a site with a reply facility, you ought to be prepared for replies. So that part of your charge can be met with a simple tu quoque.

Of course, I think people can get carried away with rudeness - but I don't see anything particularly problematic about some rudeness or about rudeness per se. Rude can be funny and clever, too; and if someone's being an imbecile, then there's no wrong in saying so...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 13:02, Reply)