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A comment on “Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”. Parent comment
> If you can't control your temper, why are you even participating in the discussion here?
Because http://xkcd.com/386/ Stop being wrong and I'll go away.
Seriously, if you want to whine about the level of discourse, then you're welcome to start with the person I originally responded to. But you won't, will you? Because you agree with him, so his emotional outburst is okay.
It's about as far from an emotional outburst as one can get.
[1] http://youtu.be/1M8vei3L0L8
> If you can't control your temper, why are you even participating in the discussion here?
Because http://xkcd.com/386/ Stop being wrong and I'll go away.
Seriously, if you want to whine about the level of discourse, then you're welcome to start with the person I originally responded to. But you won't, will you? Because you agree with him, so his emotional outburst is okay.