Mono: I think you do Abdorinbo a disservice by comparing him to a kid who liked to make-believe he was a vampire-mercenary for hire--not to mention Spite's bad habit of *squinting* at people. Abdo was a little bit better than that.
Ihrocks: I, for one, miss Abdo. I’ve always felt a little guilty that I was involved--albeit indirectly--with his getting banned. He had a knack for skewering folks’ pretentious natures in such a way that always made me laugh. And while I don’t think it is necessarily productive to ATTACK people on a forum, I think it is a good idea to CHALLENGE people--especially if you don’t agree with what they’re saying. It forces people to think about what they profess to believe in, and helps them figure out why they believe it. That's MUCH preferable to letting people lazily dispense their poorly-reasoned ideas willy-nilly. If you can't defend it, maybe you shouldn't say it in the first place . . .
