Phil. I often seem to agree with everything you say and post, you are very funny and you make some deep insights an usual.
I agree with everything you say
opposite day?!
It depends what you men by bullying. IMHO on here you get some folk who prod and want a reaction, you get some folk who are socially inept and some folk who are freed from the constraints of the real world [ social ostracisation or a fight] into letting the inner **** fly and be free.
What does happen is your view is likely to be challenged …depending on how this is done some folk see it as bullying. Sometimes it may but I think here is pretty good for self regulation and moderation by STW
i wrote a long wordy post trying to question how bulling is defined then i deleted it and hit refresh to find out what direction the thread was going…. glad i didnt post it! but as a gentle effort to keep the thread on track, I don’t think bullying can be defined as just the case of ‘its when someone feels bullied’ as some individuals can be quite paranoid and sometimes it just the subject that’s particularly sensitive to them. i think the accused bully’s motives need to be established before they could be punished for bullying.
it then moves onto the subject of being offended. being offended isnt the same as being bullied, being offended doesnt mean you’ve been picked on, it just means your opinions differ from another persons. i’m offended by racists but i understand they’re not making racist comments with the intention of offending me or trying to bully me.
to try and translate this to a diet thread for example, forumuserX might be offended by the term ‘move more eat less’ but that doesnt mean the person typing it is saying it to offend them or to bully them, its just their opinion.