I don't hate any individual character on Vendetta... I just see targets flying around the place and i use my patented "Icarus Enemy Detection System":

if ((object.moved==true) && (object.nation!=red)) shoot_it;

Hmm.. Icarus.... hate to tell ya but prior art has caused your patent to be revoked. :) Now if you are going to TRADEMARK it, that's a DIFFERENT issue... (Note, the IEDS would be trade marked :))

And isn't it really just:

if (strcmp(object->color, "Red")) kill_kill_kill();

(Ok, end of programmer humor... we now take you back to your regular message.)

I think this won't be such a problem once the devs implement a more sophisticated chat system. If people could only talk to either specific players (via a "buddy list") or players in the same sector as themselves I think most of them would just decide that it isn't worth it. When they can brodcast whatever they want to every player who hasn't yet /ignored them, they're much more likely to get a reaction out of someone. If they can only brodcast messages to people in their own sector, and they manage to piss someone off, they're more likely to get a few dozen tachyon bursts in reply.