A while back I spent a good deal of time reading message boards on Yahoo. I still read a few here and there (both on Yahoo and elsewhere) on specific topics. I've discovered that no matter where you go on message boards and similar forums (including going back to my BBS days), there is always at least one person who posts something controversial just to get a rise out of others. Then, they just sit back and read the ensuing heated conversations with great amusement. I'm beginning to wonder if a recent question asked on the 100 Hours Board was asked by just such a person. Perhaps the questioner was completely innocent, but the resulting brouhaha is making ME laugh.
For those of you who aren't regular readers of the board, here's the original question. http://theboard.byu.edu/?area=viewall&id=34094 Over the last couple of days there have been a myriad of responses to it, mostly strongly polarized. There have even been a couple of comments that have just barely stopped short of blaming this poor questioner of being the cause of all sexual discrimination and rape in the US. It's amazing. There was even one guy who wants to be comfortable with his girl wearing whatever she's wearing to the temple. I'm thinking she better not like wearing sweats. Or even jeans. Sheesh. They did print one comment today that was fairly balanced and seemed to simply call for caution and restraint. http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=34359 (Go Petra!) But even that one was a bit polarized. And here I still suspect that if this guy isn't a pot stirrer, he just worded his question rather poorly. Poor guy.
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