No.

No trashtalking, ever. Their use of offensive language is all the more
reason to ignore them.

Mizu-No's "come on shithead" was a spur of the moment type of thing and was
said during battle, so it's not that big of a deal. Hell, calling your
opponent shithead might not even be that bad (though I would never do it).

My nodding and "no problem" after Kryptonian said "Thanks assholes." wasn't
trash talking, it was a smart-ass response to his smart-ass comment. I
encourage anyone in the Source do this same type of thing, as it shows our
philosophy, no mercy. Let me show you some up mine as examples.

Flash Lightning says, "Nice job killing a guy 20 levels below you, you fag."
/me nods, thanks for the support.

Psychomancer says, "Killing people who are unbuffed is so fucking gay."
/me nods, from now on I'll only attack fully buffed opponents, thanks for
the tip.

This is perfectly acceptable. The things that they (stupidly) think are
"bad" (attacking lower level or unbuffed people) are fine by us, so we
illustrate it by dismissing their accusations with a nod :)

Imagine if, after Kryptonian had said "Thanks assholes", I had said "Looks
like you're the asshole, running like a bitch instead of fighting. Maybe if
you actually stood to face me your could get a hit in, fag. I kicked you
ass"

That's not right.

Never get on anyone's ass for running when you have bested them or when you
are more powerful. You would do the same and have done the same. So have
I. If we start saying "look at you, running like a bitch", you're no better
than the punks that we despise.

Never get on anyone's ass for killing Source lowbies when they are LV 50.
I'm LV 46 and I kill Blood, Jubei, etc lowbies ALL THE TIME. It's within
the rules of warfare. If you start saying "Big man killing a LV 10 there
buddy" then you're no better than the idiots that we roll our eyes at.

Foul-mouthed throwaway characters are beneath our notice. I can honestly
say that I'd be disappointed to hear a Source member reply with the type of
thing Jamie suggests. If I ever catch ANYONE talking shit to people who are
running away for a perfectly good reason (hell, the guy was 15 levels below
Herri AND was leading her into a trap, those are two pretty good reasons)...

...you are out of the monarchy.

I'm flexible on a lot of things but this is not one of them.

There is a grey area here so here come some more examples.

"I know you can fell the blade of justice hunting you down, killer of the
innocent!...BRING IT!"

...is not trash talking.

"fight me you pussy...can't handle shit when I'm buffed huh?"

= you get kicked out of the monarchy.

"One day I will be strong enough to destroy you, Dole...let that keep you up
at night!"

= fine

"real big man killing a LV 5 you jackoff"

= you are shown the door

"Shut your filthy mouth and show the lady some respect, unless you want to
be trepanned by 13 inches of cold steel."

= fine

"Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Well you're a cunt too who @lifestones like a bicth
when he's getting attacked. I own your ass!"

= swift booting and all traces of you expunged

Thanks.

TSS