This is the end.

[Jerichai]

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May I reiterate once again, I am not condoning the OP's behavior. But I think it is fair to consider all the causes that led to this outcome. This is not some isolated occurrence. It would be nice to see at least a few people walk away from this understanding that you can't berate a fellow party member and expect them to walk away with the lesson you expected them to learn from that.

[RiceisNice]

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I understand that. But the point remains is that he already casted the dice. Even when you consider all the causes that led to that outcome, you still have to consider what led him to make the topic in the first place, and the following replies in said topic. Collectively, it does not look good. Even isolated, it does not look good from my point of view.

I understand that everything you say has a consequence to it, just as much as how you reply as well, justified or not. An eye for an eye is never the way to go and there were missed oppertunities to defuse it in both here and the party.

At this point we're pretty much going back and forth. I understand your view point as much as I hope that you understand mine. You might not agree to it, but the matter of fact from my point, is that the OP could have very well let his situation escalated the way it did, and it's not entirely out of the question considering the responses here. Again, I don't think you agree with what he did, but understand my perspective and how it looks from a collective point of view and what kind of person OP is coming out to be. If he got so defensive toward me or others in this topic for just disagreeing or questioning what went on, it sort of speaks of what he considers to be a personal attack toward him, and it could've just escalated from there.

[Jerichai]

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And it's the focus on end behavior and not the surrounding causes that lead to them that will continue to leave online communities a disheveled mess. But it's clear to me you're not interested in discussing that. Very well.