It's not quite so black and white
Yes there have been some truly awful stories here and those involved should be deeply ashamed. And there's no absolute line to indicate where practical jokes become victimisation/bullying/harrassment, because it's a matter of your viewpoint. But a prank can also be a way to prick an over-inflated ego. In other cases it's just a mutually-acceptable way to blow off steam (as with the numerous stories of prank 'wars', where the real challenge is to show one's imagination).

Nobody likes to be made a fool of, but it's important to be able to laugh at oneself and to lose one's dignity once in a while is no bad thing if it's done in a sense of fun rather than malice.
( reallywittyname veraciously conspues lexiphanicism on, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 10:48, Reply)