Much of what gets said on the bulletin board gets blown out of proportion. I take much more abuse from my squadies and friends. On channel 200, the chatter has been mild and we all need to get over ourselves a bit.
One should be able to discourage HO and gang attacks without being called a whiner. In that same respect, when does someone become a whiner? It must lie somewhere in between, where a "reasonable" objection is being noted and where a "personal" insult is being delivered.
If someone muted me for making a humurous "reasonable" objection, I would take it as a joke...... and laugh and shake my fist at the Blue text, and yes probably post here. Like I said I expect much worse behavior from my friends than what seems to annoy the AvA detractors, not saying that you are a detractor for posting (definitely not saying that bro), but the recent comments that there needs to be more enforcement of conduct rules, has me miffed, since the overall conduct in the Arena nowhere reflects the back and forth finger pointing that I see on the forums. In fact, the Arena has become a pretty pleasant place to visit, when slightly populated.