nobody in their right mind could have thought that the change to 'stalking/stalked by' was serious
Sure they could. What about people who actually are being genuinely stalked in real life? People who have received threats of cracking against their journals? These people are going to see a change like that and become genuinely upset and anxious.
I think one of the reasons "stalking" was used was probably because of the number of people who are willing to throw the term about in trivial situations, who fail to realise that stalking is a genuine serious problem. And yes, I agree that such people deserve to be mocked, but just throwing the word around some more really doesn't help.
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Date: April 1st, 2004 02:44 pm (UTC)From:Sure they could. What about people who actually are being genuinely stalked in real life? People who have received threats of cracking against their journals? These people are going to see a change like that and become genuinely upset and anxious.
I think one of the reasons "stalking" was used was probably because of the number of people who are willing to throw the term about in trivial situations, who fail to realise that stalking is a genuine serious problem. And yes, I agree that such people deserve to be mocked, but just throwing the word around some more really doesn't help.