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[sabrina 1]

284. This is the internet. That 'shit' will never be 'wiped out completely'. It IS very much controlled

on sites like this however. If you think this is so horrendous that it should be possible to completely erase completely, then I challenge you to run a site like this for a week. I was a moderator on a large Liberal Forum for over two years, and there were definite rules regarding civility which were enforced strictly. The site had very little incivility on the surface. But you have no idea how much the mods had to deal with, not to mention the personal threats they got for trying to do their job.

It is totally unrealistic to demand 'total erasure' of stupidity, unless you shut down the entire internet. People do the best they can to keep an open discussion forum running while at the same time, dealing with the inevitable thugs and bullies that are attracted to the internet where they can act like big 'men' while in reality they are little cowards.

Let's not get carried away over one troll. This site and the other one have tens of thousands of people coming to read every week, and thousands with accounts, and ONE idiot shows up and people are calling for shutting down the whole thing??

What do you suggest be done to control the internet. I got used to the trolls and simply used my banning button, which we mods had, to zap them. In the beginning I was afraid they would try to get revenge, or something, in RL, but as I said, they are cowards. After a while, I didn't worry about them anymore.