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While perusing Berkeley LiveJournal, we came across this question from a user who calls him/herself “hippie_patrol”:
Why are we so passively tolerant of our fellow citizen’s shenanigans?
Picture some undergrad who has long hair and hasn’t shaved in weeks, playing badly on his guitar “Stairway to Heaven* somewhere on campus, creating nothing but grating noise because every note it out of tune, and distracting everyone who’s just trying to get to class and pass their midterms.
Why do we tolerate such behavior? It’s clearly detrimental to public health, and disrupts the general harmony of society. Maybe we believe too much in individual freedom. Maybe it’s time to reign back in some of these freedoms.
To which another witty LiveJournal-er responded:
Picture some undergrad who is sitting in front of his or her computer on the internetz, bitching about someone who is completely harmless.
Why do we tolerate such behavior? Maybe we believe too much in individual freedom. Maybe it’s time to reign back in some of these freedoms.
You did kinda set yourself up for that one, hippie_patrol, that’s like asking why there’s fish in water. But of course, calling someone a troll is like calling them a hipster: the ones who truly one are one are the ones who love to point out how annoying they are.
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