While I also vented about this option quite some time ago, I was shocked when that option first popped up in the menu. My teen Sim was having an argument with her father and unfortunately it escalated. That's when that option popped up. But, I have to agree, we shouldn't be so quick to have these sorts of interactions removed, as that would also 'dumb down' the game. Sims2 was a far superior game than 3 & now 4, for that reason. The ghosts are way too friendly, now, without an ounce of scary to be had. No consequences of any dire sort should your Sim be frightened by one. They could be 'scared to death' in Sims2.
Me? Like another player wrote on this thread, I opt to not use the 'mean' interactions very much. Once in awhile, I'll have an older brother be 'mean' but that's just my personal experience. I only had one brother, he was older and he could be terribly mean, at times. I also was one of those who voted for a more violent SP. We don't have burglers anymore. It's hard for random deaths to occur. The game is teetering on the edge of 'milk toast'. This is not to slam you in anyway, and I don't hate anyone. So, please let's all drop that term 'hater'. Just because someone doesn't agree with your point of view, it doesn't mean they do so out of hate, for pity's sake. We're a diverse group of people, with diverse opinions and quite likely diverse ways of playing this game.
