[Mr T.]

For me, I'd prefer that anyone handing out RED 'neg-rep' sign their name along with any comment they might wish to make as to why they are leaving same.

Anything else is just cowardly.

Conversely, and by way of illustration, yesterday I received a red-blob, signed, with a reason behind it and everything. That much of the 'award' I can accept.

I can't say that I necessarily agree with why she awarded it to me - in fact, I'm not entirely sure that she properly understands the 'rules' about how or where they are to used: as merely having a different opinion to, or not sharing the same tastes or interests as another person isn't and shouldn't be a reason to hand out neg-rep - picure the scene:

Bren: "I prefer red wine to white." [Personal opinion]

[Bren's rep file then contains a red blob purely because the person awarding it prefers white!]

Bren: I think using the term 'artist', when in conjunction with either Tracy Emin or Damien Hurst, is to lend them a gravitas and importance they simply do not deserve and haven't achieved. [again, personal opinion]

[Bren's rep file then contains a red blob purely because the person awarding it likes the 'work' of the two pseuds mentioned; but perhaps lacks the sand to say so - and why? - in the thread at the time]


I've had some right set-to's with one or two folks here and none of them have - even in the heat of battle - given me neg-rep as a result: so I was bemused as to why I should receive one on this occasion.

To say her award to me was, ahem, a bit rich would be understatement.