Im sorry but the reason for the new rule is special pleading, why should "character bashing" threads should be treated as different to any other thread involving controversial topics? Every now and then, someone on this forum starts a thread about religion or something and those sort of threads almost always entail a few individuals resorting to insulting/bashing each other. Insulting/Bashing (formally: ad hominems) and polemic are inseparable, you may as well censor all debate on this forum.
If I go to a multi-faith forum, or any forum dedicated to religion that permits debate, Im going to inevitably run into a lot of insulting and bashing, this is simply an inescapable aspect of debate when it comes to controversial issues in which people are emotionally invested. Should those forums censor and ban all debate on religion? This is a forum for discussing Naruto and the quality/value of Naruto characters is a pertinent topic of discussion, some of us feel that some characters in this manga are of very poor quality and we have a right to express vent our opinions.
Clearly some of the fanboys/fangirls on this forum, some of whom are now mods, are so emotionally invested in these fictional characters that bashing those characters is literally tantamount to insulting them because I cannot see why otherwise this should be different to any other topic of debate which will inescapably involve some insulting and rule breaking.
If I go to a multi-faith forum, or any forum dedicated to religion that permits debate, Im going to inevitably run into a lot of insulting and bashing, this is simply an inescapable aspect of debate when it comes to controversial issues in which people are emotionally invested. Should those forums censor and ban all debate on religion? This is a forum for discussing Naruto and the quality/value of Naruto characters is a pertinent topic of discussion, some of us feel that some characters in this manga are of very poor quality and we have a right to express vent our opinions.
Clearly some of the fanboys/fangirls on this forum, some of whom are now mods, are so emotionally invested in these fictional characters that bashing those characters is literally tantamount to insulting them because I cannot see why otherwise this should be different to any other topic of debate which will inescapably involve some insulting and rule breaking.