That's because people get real brave when there's no possibility of an aggressive (physical) response to any level of provocation.
Of course the FUNY side of that is that the dumb asses who 'behave so brave' online sometimes FORGET when they're 'in real life' (those who actually do ever go out of the house) and they end up being taken down when a 'real person' gets back in their face !
Perhaps it has a timer ... mine can be set to turn on and off up to three times a day ... wake up to music, turns off when I leave the house, it's on again when I arrive home and turns itself off at bed time ( and there's a third program that dos different @ weekends.
On the other hand, maybe you're just a bit old n decrepit and so shakey that when you hit 'off' you're hitting 'on' again as well ?
I could mention DTs or dementia ... but I'm wayyyyy too polite !!!
The best moderation is always 'self - moderation' and ideally people would be a considerate as to what they post!
But we no longer live in a civilised society and the loony left (esp) seem to regard 'ordinary civility' impossible unless they hold power ... and one can only begin to imagine their excesses if they DO ever hold sway again ???
So far as MBs and the like - my own thoughts are that it's reasonable to expect the TA (Thread Author) or OP (Original Poster) to act as a 'responsible host' and to maintain order in their thread 'as if' the debate were taking place in their own home ...
Those who can't behave would soon find themselves no longer welcome and (the less dense) would simply not bother 'contributing' their negativity n BS ?
And, perhaps the Site Mods might 'take an interest' in who's threads were being well run and who was creating threads 'just for the sake of being controversial and stirring the muck?' Creating a ban on the creation of new threads might be a powerful tool to consider ...
Total deal breaker so far as I'm concerned and I'm really not much interested in former smokers' unless they've been quit more than 10 years...
Less than that and ( from observation ) a stressful situation comes up, they start up again and (knowing it's a DB) they try to conceal it , which then makes matters worse by adding the further complication of dishonesty ...
Without honesty there's no trust and without trust there's no hope of love ...
If brains were dynamite and your head exploded it'd not be a big enough bang to raise your eyebrow!
One need not be a Trump supporter to see that the alternative was truly horrifying!
Horrifying enough even for Americans who've been deliberately dumbed down since Eisenhower to see it plainly !!!!
You must be a real ostrich to have your head so far in the sand as to overlook that she's an individual who's willing to lie to her own party and knobble the LEGITIMATE opposition of her own party ... CORRUPT is the kindest and most gentlest term that one could apply to her.
Trump on the other hand appears to have won fairly and squarely ...
Copperfield couldn't make WTC 7 fall down half a day later without even the appearance of an attack on the building and have Americans belive it was due to an attack!
The Americans are exceptions ... exceptions to the rule of law, international law, good faith negotiating, the laws of physics ....
I don't see Russia (or NATO) offering any help to the USA in solving their own (entirely self generated) domestic problems any time soon !
I CAN however easily picture the Second US Civil War kicking off anytime within the next 10 years ... be interesting to see 'which side' are regarded as 'The Goodies' and which are 'The Baddies' ... ie who is supported as 'The Lawful Government' and who are labelled 'Terrorists' or will they be 'Freedom Fighters ... or will the rest of the world just do the smart thing and turn our backs on the whole lot of them ?
I heard that the military are collecting stones ... to hurl at the would be illegal immigrants as the military dare not use their weapons (guns / tanks / whatever ) against them.
Being as the USA are no longer party to the ICC ... wonders why they'd be bothered ... it's not like cops don;t shoot innocent civilians every day in the USA, or that military don't kill civilians every day ?
Oh, yeah ... but that's 'not on American soil' so I guess it illustrates the depth of hypocrisy !
It often takes an older guy to be able to cope with 'certain women' ... a woman who expects to be treated in a more mature manner, who appreciates chivalry (and sees herself as deserving of the positive attention) and she herself of course needs a degree of maturity herself to cope with the oft voiced opinions of those who can't mind their own business. My in-laws have a 23 years age gap, my ex and I had a 3 years gap ... they are still together after 38 years while ex and self parted co after 23 years. That longevity speaks volumes in my opinion. One of my mates just now is past 73 and dating a lading 20 years his younger who never married or lasted long in a relationship either for that matter. He's widowed with 2 divorces ( after long marriages ) prior to that and they've been together now a little over 3 years and looking good for the future. But it ain't workable for everyone and I;ve not seen a 'real life example' of older woman younger man work out with more than a 3 years age difference.
It hardly seems right to lay this at the feet of the conservatives.
Surely, it's Hillary who has abolished ordinary human civility ... why should she be surprised that someone(s) is / are behaving in so horribly an un-civil manner towards her and her funders?
But I'm sure that I'm not the only person on the planet who wonders if they've 'done this themselves' for a publicity ... remarkable perhaps that ALL were discovered and none at all exploded ?
Easy enough - think of driving your car. You know what a ditch looks like, you know what an armco barrier looks like, you know what oncoming traffic looks like and you carefully avoid those things ...
By definition then - if a woman is 'free of things that are to be avoided' then she's 'A Catch n Keeper' !
RE: Why are some of the CS threads so silly?
So ... answer your own question ... why this silly thread ?