John340 said..
Wow, that was a pretty tough audience, almost all postings were red thumbed. Any green almost won you the comp.
Y'see, back in those days we were tough. We could take a bit of harmless fun. We laughed it off, opened another beer, and moved on with our lives.
Not like today. Every time someone receives the slightest bit of negative feedback they run crying to their mummy. Now that would be fine, except that their mummy then demands that little johnny be provided a safe place to play, without the slightest hint that anyone disagrees with what they're doing. And the sad part is that we are so scared of what Mummy might do, that we have to acquiesce.
It's treating the symptom, not the disease. If we disable red thumbs, then little Johnny will think that everyone agrees with him. And since attention spans are waning (and reading comprehension is lowering even faster), any negative discussion after the fact won't cause the same ructions that a tiny little feedback loop created. Johnny is happy. Mummy is happy. The only people unhappy are those old codgers who remember the "good old days" when you could express a feeling non-verbally. It's almost like banning facial expressions when you're at the pub because some little bookkeeper got offended at someone giving him the cold shoulder once.
Everyone gets a medal these days. Sort of defeats the whole point to my mind. I blame society.
*sigh*
Bravo gentlemen. Dialogue is what a forum is all about 
