I have read the page Sturm has linked and I think that he is trying to give this community a message thru it. Yep he could be a bit less enigmatic about it, but...
This community, with all the good things and the bad things it has, is a very very cruel one. Some people say it is downright rude and I must agree to a big extent. We can see it any day, normal posts answered with personal insults, people calling others things because really stupid things, etc.
Many people here is very passionate about AH (of course that includes me). Some other people,being non-english speaker, has language problems to communicate what they think, yet they try to do it. And many many people, while liking AH as a whole, also thinks it could be way better and says it so.
In any of those cases, this forums show an incredible level of hostility to ANYTHING that --may-- seem like a critic towards AH. And if the critic is about one of the "taboo" things of the game, the going can get REALLY rough. Some posts are despective, some are downright insulting. And some others are directed to hurt.
I think that what Sturm is trying to say is that we --RARELY-- know who's on the other side. His life, his problems and his handicaps. While I was reading that page,the message from the guy's friend, I thought about one of the most said phrases in this community:"GET A LIFE!!!". And I thought how that guy would've felt in a community wich can get as hostile as this can get...
I think you can get the idea now.
[This message has been edited by R4M (edited 04-23-2001).]
