Saturday Night's Moral Question
Since it's Saturday night, and I hope some of you have been drinking (or had a relaxing day, at least), I would like to pose to you a moral question. Allow me to set-up a hypothetical situation and then ask the question.
LiveJournal: I view my journal on LiveJournal as "my house." When I post in your LiveJournal, I am visiting "your house." While we may know each other either outside of the computer or only by the world online, it doesn’t matter. When I am in "your house," I behave myself as I would in your house. You know what I mean?
So, your LiveJournal Friend writes a long post questioning a reaction she/he experienced while watching something. You respond because you can understand the reaction, perhaps sharing some of the same reasoning. You may not have had the same reaction, but you are able to follow the logic and reasoning behind the reaction based on your LiveJournal Friend’s post. She/he responds back. While reading her/his response, you read responses from another friend of your friend.
In this response, This Person is not only unsympathetic but absolutely rude. On top of that, This Person is totally and utterly wrong about every summation made. You haven’t read anything this offensive and brainless in some time. You’re shocked. Plus, you have noticed your LiveJournal Friend hasn't responded to This Person's post.
What do you do? Do you defend your LiveJournal Friend and tell this person how utterly, fucking retarded they are and how the next time they have a thought, they should let it go? Or do you mind your manners since you’re in your LiveJournal Friend’s "house," being the polite thing to do?
LiveJournal: I view my journal on LiveJournal as "my house." When I post in your LiveJournal, I am visiting "your house." While we may know each other either outside of the computer or only by the world online, it doesn’t matter. When I am in "your house," I behave myself as I would in your house. You know what I mean?
So, your LiveJournal Friend writes a long post questioning a reaction she/he experienced while watching something. You respond because you can understand the reaction, perhaps sharing some of the same reasoning. You may not have had the same reaction, but you are able to follow the logic and reasoning behind the reaction based on your LiveJournal Friend’s post. She/he responds back. While reading her/his response, you read responses from another friend of your friend.
In this response, This Person is not only unsympathetic but absolutely rude. On top of that, This Person is totally and utterly wrong about every summation made. You haven’t read anything this offensive and brainless in some time. You’re shocked. Plus, you have noticed your LiveJournal Friend hasn't responded to This Person's post.
What do you do? Do you defend your LiveJournal Friend and tell this person how utterly, fucking retarded they are and how the next time they have a thought, they should let it go? Or do you mind your manners since you’re in your LiveJournal Friend’s "house," being the polite thing to do?