Punishment

[JohnM]

[quote user="You can call me Betty"]

To be honest, I'm wondering why it's wrong to "shoot Finn down in flames" but it's perfectly OK to "shoot PaulT down in flames".  On a good day, you could argue that they could both have worded their posts differently, but if everyone's entitled to an opinion, then they are both entitled to theirs...

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A good point and well put. I do think there are slight, but significant differences (well, I would wouldn't I?). Firstly, my opening gambit was to take umbridge at PaulT's remark but also to disagree with the sentiments of Finn's - my first foray into this debate was not the one that put anyone down. Secondly, Finn is a novice poster, a lurker of some years standing. PaulT is a seasoned poster with 1,234 posts (I had to put that in just because you don't often get the chance to put 1,234), PaulT has probably had a few sword crossing escapades on here, I think it is important to go easy on novices.