Well, that may be true for you but in my experience, most people that I've
met live from newsgroups wouldn't DARE say half the things in person that
they say on here.

I can even go back to the early 80s when we had BBS's to post on. We would
have parties, and it was amazing how different people were in person. You
have this little wimpy pale guy who would shake if you talked to him, but
online he was the biggest ass.

I've tried to stay true to my personality both online and in person. When I
wrote a few weeks ago that some guy acted like he had a stick up his ass,
its something I would have said to him in person, even at a social event,
because he was jumping all over people over slight mis-spellings, and
grammar errors.

Now I know, I shouldn't have even posted it, but I saw so many of his
negative posts that day, I thought I would call him on it. I was enjoying
reading positive, informative information, but then this guy would pop in
every time with some stupid ass comment.

What I'm trying to say, is that people need to "grow up" online, and stop
with the jr. high school crap.

Flame all you want, I just think its stupid.

Dave


"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
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Some of the things I've seen people say here would get them a severe
beating, or DEAD if they were talking to a person live. I also guess
that depends on who they are talking to.

Well, *that* is a funny commentary on human society. Personally, I grew
up with the "sticks and stones..." philosophy taught to me. Why would I
physically attack a person just because they are making an ass of
themselves? But you're right...there are plenty of people out there who
react just that way. (I guess refer back to my "most people are idiots"
post ).

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Think about it this way before you post, wuld you say this to a person
face? Don't just say "of course", really think about it, and think about
social ettiquette.

One of the other funny things is that some people have accused me of
saying things I wouldn't say to a person face to face (keep in mind here
that they are saying this about statements that are decidedly not ad
hominem attacks nor that use foul language). Those people obviously
haven't met me face to face. I say what I think, and my friends know
that. They are still my friends, and most of them appreciate that I say
what I think.

That's not particularly germane to your point (which was about blatantly
offensive statements), but I still find the situation ironic.

As far as the explicitly offensive stuff goes, if anything, I'm more
likely to use rude or foul language in person than here. It's much easier
to take things back face to face. (Though, I obviously try to avoid it in
any context).

Pete