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Or anyone else for that matter. Do we really need to be protected from divergent, even obnoxious and distasteful, opinions. If you don't like what's being said, respond or move along. Doesn't seem that difficult to me...at least for grownups.

You are right. It isn't difficult. But, you are wrong in thinking that a community like this can stay together by simply dismissing deviant opinions. Without a set of rules and some sort of authority The Cardboard would suffer the same fate as most sports message boards. Did you not see what happened on the free forum of The Bootleg a few years ago?

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Or anyone else for that matter. Do we really need to be protected from divergent, even obnoxious and distasteful, opinions. If you don't like what's being said, respond or move along. Doesn't seem that difficult to me...at least for grownups.

You are right. It isn't difficult. But, you are wrong in thinking that a community like this can stay together by simply dismissing deviant opinions. Without a set of rules and some sort of authority The Cardboard would suffer the same fate as most sports message boards. Did you not see what happened on the free forum of The Bootleg a few years ago?