[spxdcz]

Why have people downvoted fletiz's response to -1? I don't necessarily agree or disagree with it (I'm staying neutral in this discussion), but please - stop downvoting replies that you disagree with. This response, as far as I can see, was reasonable and considered.

[mbateman]

I've never understood the idea that downvoting a comment for disagreeing with it is bad. Anyway, I also disagree that it's reasonable and considered. The comparisons are flip and cheap and build in false alternatives. Not all methods of altering or abolishing unjust systems are laudable, and finding anonymous to be reprehensible is compatible with agreeing that some of their targets are reprehensible also.

[sesqu]

Downvoting for disagreeing is bad because your brain already does that for you, and very well at that. Votes regulate eyeballs, and should be awarded to comments that give you new insights, not ones that reaffirm your existing prejudices.

If you disagree with a comment that attempts to give thought to the issue at hand, please explain why you believe those thoughts to be wrong. This will force you to consider their thoughts and help others do so as well.

[fleitz]

It's no biggie, the reaction is quite what I expected given Plato's parable of the Cave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2afuTvUzBQ