FLAMING
Wikipedia,
the internet encyclopedia, defines flaming as "the act of posting messages that are deliberately hostile and insulting."
This happens in discussion groups. For example, an issue is raised about the
current political status of our country. It is expected that no two persons share the same view, that one would contradict
the other. Such will result to what we call "flame war".
The real issue is already avoided. Thus remarks no longer include the issue, but
attacks to the other person: of who he is, how he constructs his grammar, where he graduates, who his mother is, etc.
In fact flaming constitutes one logical fallacy, argumentum ad hominem. The
end? To discredit the other person.
Flaming is contradictory to what the 10th Commandment for Computer Ethics urges. It is
not considerate and respectful to say any bad words against a person or a group, although he or they share views different
of what we have.
