Does it still exist? A monster created from the days of NSC meet ups where people met and conversed in real life, but probably still referred to each other by their 'handles'.
So, is the 'clique' still alive and kicking? Or has a new 'anti clique' clique been formed? Has it become cool to believe that because you are able to post messages on a forum that differ in opinion to others it makes you more right? Is having a minority view suddenly more correct than the beliefs of the majority? Is it the right of every key board warrior to pig headedly defend a position they know to be untenable, but wish to retain their lofty status as a 'rebel'?
To my mind, the preaching from what was the 'clique' has died down to near nothing of late. but the vacuum of what remains has created something more terrifying... a group of mavericks who will argue a point regardless of their beliefs and will not listen to reason.
Some would argue this is the point of a forum.
Others will put their hands over their ears and say "LA LA LA LA" ad nauseum.
Where will it end?
So, is the 'clique' still alive and kicking? Or has a new 'anti clique' clique been formed? Has it become cool to believe that because you are able to post messages on a forum that differ in opinion to others it makes you more right? Is having a minority view suddenly more correct than the beliefs of the majority? Is it the right of every key board warrior to pig headedly defend a position they know to be untenable, but wish to retain their lofty status as a 'rebel'?
To my mind, the preaching from what was the 'clique' has died down to near nothing of late. but the vacuum of what remains has created something more terrifying... a group of mavericks who will argue a point regardless of their beliefs and will not listen to reason.
Some would argue this is the point of a forum.
Others will put their hands over their ears and say "LA LA LA LA" ad nauseum.
Where will it end?
