Exactly how is my response paternalistic or knee-jerk in nature? Did you read it? Also, "kindness" loses its meaning on the internet; anonymity dulls the emotional investment of a kind gesture, (and of mean ones, as adult internet users should have figured out a loong time ago). So when I read long rants on the internet like OP's, regurgitating obvious social mores (discrimination is bad, mkay), I see nothing but a masturbatory attempt to prove to all these strangers how awesome he is. Meanwhile, the Dames of Destiny, being human beings, have likely forgetten about the issue by now, like any other gamer who gets trash-talked online. Or maybe they haven't forgotten because people are making such a big deal about it. Not saying that what was said to them was acceptable, I'm just saying they probably don't give as much of a -blam!- as OP.