Are you familiar with "broken windows theory"? According to Wiki, it states that: > The theory states that maintaining and monitoring urban environments to pre

Are you familiar with "broken windows theory"? According to Wiki, it states that: > The theory states that maintaining and monitoring urban environments to prevent small crimes such as vandalism, public drinking, and toll-jumping helps to create an atmosphere of order and lawfulness, thereby preventing more serious crimes from happening. I'm not sure how much of it can be applied to online discourse, but it does seem relevant. If you allow "disrespectful words" in some instances, they will soon pop up everywhere, lowering the overall quality of discussions on the site. Well, at least that's what I think it is about, I may be wrong of course :)