Up to the age
of about 13, yes.
(username failed moderation, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 10:20, 1 reply)

Really?
That's it the best retort you could devise, to suggest that it is an age range thing. I thought I had already covered that in the previous post.
In my experience most adult males and a lot of females save their most cutting insults for people they like most.

yes I appreciate that this is a forum and the interactions are different, however in the initial phase they are certainly intend as described previously. It is only when the righteous indignation sets in that the insults become truly that. Yes you could argue that it should stop there, however I put it to you that in the majority of cases it is the person that feels aggrieved that starts the worst abuse.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 10:26, closed)

it's also worth noting that the op of this thread has been registered a week
and already started half a dozen threads purely aimed at getting abuse and attention

fuck knows why this halfwit is trying to defend that
(alright alright, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 10:29, closed)

Busy tonight
Shambo?
(s0ckpuppet logging out to reply to you if you're not careful, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 10:33, closed)

i'm semi-retired so i haven't been 'busy' for years
and it's half eleven in the morning
and i'm not shambo

how can you be wrong three times in three words, you dumb fuck?
(alright alright, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 10:40, closed)

Well, having waded through
your Rumpole of the Baily impression there, maybe you can see the point, but haven't recognised it.

Yes, you're right, people are indignant. You seem to think the sin is to show that. Well, in normal society that's exactly what happens. If you want to argue that a message board is the opposite, you are proving my point.
(username failed moderation, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 10:33, closed)

Ok Maybe I shouldnt reply but here goes
First up I have responded to your post with an opinion you have used a mocking insult, the very thing you purport to be against, hence you are affirming my original statement.

And no I am not proving your point or even trying to point score as you seem determined to do. I am saying that in a normal society people don't get indignant they use insults as a way of showing affection.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 10:49, closed)

You're saying when someone calls another posters
young daughter a 'cum dumpster', that's affectionate?

You must have had a difficult childhood.
(username failed moderation, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 11:11, closed)

You see yet again you
undermine your own argument by insulting me, can you not see the irony in doing that. It also completely proves my point, it doesn't matter the extreme range of the insult it is still there.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 11:47, closed)

You're confusing yourself about
what we're discussing, and apparently getting butthurt about it.

If you're saying my argument is null because I'm insulting you, you've completely lost track.
(username failed moderation, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 12:04, closed)

Read it all back carefully
My position in this is that insults are a part of life that are used to produce a bonding with others. You have insulted me several times admittedly mildly, I am pointing the irony in this I assume you quite like me really. I am in no way getting "butthurt" and yes your argument is null as you initial statement was:

"We choose not to attack them with that knowledge. It's cheap, and it's nasty, and normal people don't do it. The puppies have no such reservations"

You have so far accused me of having a difficult childhood and called me Rumpole...

Now to go back to me original statement that these insults are affectionate I can only assume that you find my argument compelling.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 12:12, closed)

I dunno.
It's one thing approaching a mate in a pub, slapping him on the shoulder and saying 'alright, fuckface?' with a friendly smile.

This is not the same.
(Dr Doctor Can't you see I'm burning burning?, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 12:27, closed)

404 ?

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 12:30, closed)

Sorry, it's the first time I've tried doing a link like that.
Try it again please.
(Dr Doctor Can't you see I'm burning burning?, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 12:32, closed)

OK yes that is harsh
However the 2 posters in this instance have form... My argument is that insults are often used as a form of communication. The poster with whom I am discussing suggested that people grow out of it, I disagree.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 12:34, closed)

Try passing over the Rumpole and difficult childhood thing
to see what we're actually discussing.

You've now moved onto how you feel about people being rude to you. We're not discussing that, we're discussing people being rude about people connected to you.
(username failed moderation, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 12:28, closed)

No I am not discussing how I feel about people being rude to me
the whole basis of my argument is/ was that insults are a common form of affection.
Yours was that insults were not used by adults.

You have used insults ergo null argument.

That's it, I have no interest on to whom or how tangentially connected the person insulted is
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 12:32, closed)