DonDiegoJayGardouqi
Banned
There's absolutely no point whatsoever for this rule. Characters, especially FICTIONAL, are intangible and abstractions, they're not real tangible people. They have no emotions, they aren't real, nor sentient, yet we treat them as if they're all that and sacrosanct as to prohibit the bashing of them. What stupidity. People in Europe bash religions, which is a far more volatile issue and is something sacred to millions and even billions of people all over the world, yet with the exception of Muslims no one really cares. Why should they, when they have no right to curtail someone's freedom of speech just because they don't like it. Even hate speech is allowed in many parts of the world. I'm not insinuating we allow hate speech or religion bashing, however character bashing shouldn't be a problem. If over zealous fanboys get irascible that's their problem for getting worked up over the insulting of a piece of ink. Why should we placate other fanbases when they have no right in the first place to even find issue with a character being bashed? No forum, and I mean no forum anime/manga/fiction has contrived such a dumb no character bashing rule except this forum. That's because every other forum knows that bashing a character isn't as big of a deal as to warrant curtailment.
Another issue with the rule are the vague and obscure parameters regarding the rule. A lot of people have their threads closed simply for objectively criticizing a character and that becomes invoked to close the thread. A lot of times character bashing has been invoked to close threads that merely have negative connotations about a character. So what? If a character is spoken of in a not so pleasant manner then why not refute and rebut the OP instead of getting Butthurt. So what if someone says Sasuke is weak, or naruto is a terrible main character, or hinata is a stalker, even if the arguments are dumb that's why there's room for debate and discussion. Banning something as vague as character bashing doesn't solve anything.
Another issue with the rule are the vague and obscure parameters regarding the rule. A lot of people have their threads closed simply for objectively criticizing a character and that becomes invoked to close the thread. A lot of times character bashing has been invoked to close threads that merely have negative connotations about a character. So what? If a character is spoken of in a not so pleasant manner then why not refute and rebut the OP instead of getting Butthurt. So what if someone says Sasuke is weak, or naruto is a terrible main character, or hinata is a stalker, even if the arguments are dumb that's why there's room for debate and discussion. Banning something as vague as character bashing doesn't solve anything.
