Houel:”The people who whinge about anti would be SO lost without him. What would they fill their days with I often wonder.”

My days would obviously become a little darker. I am pleased you liked my bleat, a few hours later and it makes no sense to me at all and next time I will try throwing some grammar into the mix. I was just trying to write “bully” more times than Mary did (14 I counted and was thoroughly impressed by the whole concept).

Benk:”If Antiseptic is a bully, he is the inadvertent type of bully. He joins in the game of trading insults and goes for the jugular. I was uncomfortable when he attacked Fractelle for needing therapy.”

Personally I was spewing on it. Anti certainly does not hold back, I hate it and admire it in some sick and twisted way that makes me question my own decency constantly.

My problem is that whenever I think me and Anti are going to enter in to some rip roaring no holds barred argument we go and agree on some point. This frustrates me no end… in the same aforementioned sick and twisted way that makes me question my own decency constantly.

As I said earlier, this Mary character is very suspicious. I wonder what she’s done to Master.

Good on you PP, but I don't think Anti is a bully at all. He's never been abusive to me even when I disagreed with him. As long as you don't call him misogynist or bully he seems just fine. You can argue with him all you like, and he’ll eventually win you over with pure logic and truth (deathless prose I think he called it), but question his sexuality, sanity or decency, and he’ll retaliate. Wouldn’t you?

As I said, there's no shortage of people prepared to defend bullies. Be it in the schoolyard, at work or at play there's always people who are inclined to defend a bully. That doesn't help the bully. I wish antiseptic all the best, and all the happiness in the world, and I can see how reinforcing the sarcasm and abuse doesn't help him one little bit. I get the impression some people here just want to score points. I doubt they're really interested in helping others to be better and nicer people. I think it's just a game, just entertainment to them. But that's human nature, or at least one aspect of human nature that some people embrace.

It doesn't cost anybody one cent to be courteous and respectful. But some people just don't care.

Pied Piper I'm enjoying your writing, thanks.

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I'll second seekers point about Antiseptic not being rude when I've disagreed with him. I don't try and call him nasty names and he does not call me names (or tack on inferences which suggest the same thing).

He does seem to enjoy a battle of words (including nasty ones) but if his opponents are keen and play an active role then it's not bullying.

For those who feel bullied I'd suggest an experiment, call off the name calling from your side (probably best to say you are doing so) then stop the name calling yourself, treat others as you would like to be treated and see how much remains. Some will still respond with insults designed to hurt because that's who they are but I doubt it will be Antiseptic.

If you like the battles and can do so within the rules of the site then go for it but stop the claims of bullying or claims that it's all one sided. It's neither and the evidence for that is easily found.

Personally I'd rather that it all stopped, kind of like having neighbours who like loud verbal stouches (which I don't currently have), not really my business but it does impact on others in the area.

R0bert

Bleedin' 'eck, I turns me back for five minutes and you lot start eulogisin'.

Thanks for the kind words, folks. Is the antiseptic meta-whinge now finished business?

We're just trying to expand the thread.

I'm a bit embarrassed for you that your topic generated so few responses.

Who would've thought from that well thought out conspiracy theory.