"Give me ONE reason to treat someone with respect 
while not getting te same in return, then maybe I 
can afford to regard you as a worthy human, not 
what my cats drop in their litter pans."

Easily. Because when you treat someone you look 
down upon with equal respect and more 
understanding as a human being, you single-handed 
prove the fact that you are better than them (if 
we were to say that certain people are better 
than others). That is to say, by stepping up and 
being the adult, and not simply retaliating with 
an insult and sinking to their level, you are not 
only ending the problem (even if temporarily), 
you are showing your maturity over theirs. It's 
the same as the "Sometimes it hurts more when you 
don't hit" concept...where not lashing out at 
said person usually makes them feel guiltier in 
the end.

Understand?

That said, I have to say that Mouse is a 
perfectly wonderful person. She may make 
mistakes, but that doesn't affect the kind of 
person I see her as. I have very much enjoyed her 
friendship in this hobby, and am very sad to hear 
that she may be leaving it. 

Which moves me to another point. She doesn't seem 
to want to leave the hobby willingly, and she 
seems to be in dire straits as well. Mocking 
someone in that position is just horrid. It's 
like kicking a dog while it's down. If you take 
some kind of gruesome personal pleasure in it, 
then so be it, I cannot control your feelings 
just as you can't. But please, learn to control 
YOURSELF.

If you have any quibbles with her personally, 
then take them up in the same manner: personally.

-Misha