Dealing with Crisis

September 12, 2001 7:41 AM

Should anything be done about this thread, with all the inflammatory language and anonymous posting (which, IMO, does absolutely nothing positive or constructive for anybody)?
posted by arco to Etiquette/Policy at 7:41 AM (5 comments total)

Free speech, baby. Free speech.
posted by jpoulos at 11:21 AM on September 12, 2001

It's probably not constructive, but I think it's a pretty good picture of how people deal with an event like this. Some lash out, some say things without thinking.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:28 AM on September 12, 2001

And it's going to be said anyway. Better to confront it than to try and shut it down.
posted by y6y6y6 at 11:43 AM on September 12, 2001

The person who posted this thread is a troll - this is one of the cleverer trolls he has perpetrated - asking people not to comment on a post - he recently described MeFi as like watching a slow train crash.
posted by johnny novak at 3:58 PM on September 12, 2001

That thought occured to me too Johnny.
posted by lucien at 12:03 AM on September 14, 2001