<p>Without invoking the 1st Amendment?</p>
<p>(and this is a proposition to prohibit flaming throughout the entire Internet, not just particular forums - many of which have already prohibited flaming).</p>
<p>Think about it…</p>
<p>Perhaps an universal Internet clause to prohibit flaming could be over-used and misinterpreted. Perhaps some flames do have points. Perhaps people are most effective communicating certain passionate arguments when they flame others. Perhaps it’s just another way of telling someone not to take the Internet too seriously (even though it often is).</p>
<p>I’ve actually seen a number of replies of outrage in response to the recent bill that effectively bans flaming on the Internet (though it obviously isn’t enforced).</p>