Player Features and Ideas Discussion

*sighs*

[seriousmode]

Okay... since you seem hellbent on drawing this out...

Learn how to "read between the lines." It's a very, very, VERY useful skill used in everyday conversation to give advice, criticism, point out flaws in something, or even suggest that there might be something better without overtly attacking the idea/person itself.
"Sarcasm" is another method to point how a flaw in a given system, idea, thought , etc. that should essentially be self-evident.

Beyond this... you say our posts in this thread "prove your point." Well, this works both ways. Your text also proves the point(s) of many who have posted in this thread... that your idea would effectively allow OPs to censor "their" thread of any dissenting remarks, comments they personally found offensive (which is a VERY subjective thing I might add), and/or remove people/comments they do not like/do not understand (I can tell that my potato crack whizzed right over your head).

Your counter to this is that people can create their own threads and do the same, only with the opposing viewpoints.
Not only would this increase forum clutter (which is pretty bad IMO), but it would polarize people more than they already are, stifle actual discussion more than they already are, and pretty much give people the ability to "stroke their egos" and/or give plainly false info and not be called out on it (which, on principle, I cannot support).

[/seriousmode]

I like potatoes.