After all, there is nothing that you can say on the internet, from political preferences to religion to the dietary preferences of your Aunt Molly, that won't offend someone, somewhere. A good rule of thumb is that someone, somewhere on the internet, is laughing at you, and somebody else hates you. You live with it.

That sums it up so perfectly. No one is ever right in the eyes of everyone else, and to attempt to see things in such a black and white manner is only going to lead to ruin.

To be honest, I don't understand how we're supposed to transcribe societal custom and morals over to the internet. Everyone with the ability to Google can find other people with the same interests, and we all know what pack or clique mentality - to any degree - can be like.

Obviously, I don't mean the cases of child porn, for example, which are criminal acts and can be prosecuted. But what about stuff like trolling or flaming? The anonymity of the internet often reduces the only constraint holding back obnoxious people in real life; consequences.

...And apparently, I think too much about stuff.

We wax eloquent about it, complain about it, whine about it in the privacy of our LJs and wank all over the paperwork, but we do not go out and incite riots over it.

Well, no, because that would involve effort. ;)