I can relate to what Indian is saying, and as much a proponent of "curteous" behavior that I am, I would not necessarily want to see 24 hour moitoring either.
The use of "foul" language can be taken to extreme, and on occasion I have sent private messages to the people involved for what I deemed "over the line" use of such and have been grattified that they were able to tone it down a bit. This was their choice and they chose to be , in my opinion, a bit more civil. I thank them for it.
However, I don't think that the occasional slip should require that individual to be thrown out.
Like Indian, I have been in the Army, I work with and have worked as so called "blue collar" workers and most have a penchant for use of the "f" word as an adjetive, verb and noun in every other sentence. I used to do the same. I finally decided I didn't need it. I didn't like the overall impression it made of me as an individual. I still slip, but rarely and never online.
It is a matter of courtesy, in my opinion, just as is any form of comunication. I don't think it's courteous to badger someone who may be ignorant of what keystrokes are required to perform certain functions in the game. I don't think it's curteous to downgrade someone else's flying ability. But this is a competitive game and a certain amount of taunting is to be expected.
I like to see good sportsmanship and a fair and equitable playing field even though in real war that is never the case. The stakes are too high to be curteous in real war. This is a game and we can all get lost in the immersiveness of it and forget for a while reality. It can also be terribly frustrating to get shot down all the time too :-) Ask me, I havn't had a good landed sortie in quite a while. You guys are getting too good :-).
My two cents worth...
MarkAT
