Abusing the Trade feature to interrupt, etc

[Darki]

I never said it was ok. I said (in the post you quoted, no less) that people are inflating the issue.

To me, it seems there are two sides to this thread. The first by Mr. Argyle_Darkheart, who is taking a methodical and empathetic approach to the subject. Basically saying we shouldn't be so reactionary to trolls (which have been around since the internet was born.) Most likely the trade spammers (or whatever you want to call them,) are just stupid teenagers tiring to get a rise out of others.

The other side of this are the people with a "throw the bums in jail!" mentality. These people say it's the principle of the matter and that these trade spammers should be taught a lesson, but let's be honest here...these people just want to be vindictive. Most likely they were the target of a trade toll and just want to lash back. Why sink to that level? Anyone besides the trolls are bigger then the trolls (in more ways than one) and thus they are not worth anyone's time or attention.

If you own a car, you have to expect that some idiot might ram into you on the road and damage it. So you buy insurance. If you own a house, you have to expect that someone might break into it. So you get a security system. If you play FFXIV: ARR and your doing something important and sensitive out in the open, you have to expect trolls to grief you. So you put up /busy beforehand.

If SE was as ban-happy as the latter half of this topic is, there would be no subscribers and thus no game.

Remember this saying: "The more people fight fire with fire, the more the world burns."