I have to agree. Sadly, though, I'm not sure that will ever happen.

The OMNI registration, for example, was designed to help curb trollers and be a way to allow the moderators to deal with TOS violations in a proactive manner. Despite this, though, I don't think there have been more than a handful of people whose OMNI priveleges have been revoked - and the TOS violations occur as much as ever.

I'm sick and f*cking tired of reading partisan potshots from both sides - whether it be about Bush supporters either being "sheep" or "drinking Fox News Kool Aid," or just generally being referred to as idiotic (arguments that I am personally offended by, on several levels) or similar statements being dished from the other side. The statements themselves are galling enough - OMNI is full of people who feel that their idea of debate is spewing hate and personal attacks in order to further their own agenda.

What saddens me more, however, is that people sit back and let it happen. I could sit and cry foul about being personally offended by many statements in OMNI - yet I'm not sure that anyone would really give a ****. And I'm certain that I'm not the only one who feels that way.

(And please, don't tell me that I shouldn't read it if it offends me. I read it as seldom as possible, and refuse to post - even when someone posts blatantly inaccurate information - but just because I don't read it, doesn't mean that the TOS violations and personal attacks go away.)

I stand by what I've been writing for the past six months. The only way to stop the personal attacks and the TOS violations - at least on OMNI - is to shut it down altogether. The current system has failed miserably - and I fear that if it continues, it will drive people away who don't wish to be a part of a system that tolerates such abuse.

Mike


[This message has been edited by nako (edited Jan 13, 2004).]