On 11/26/2010 6:59 PM, gpabruce wrote:

I couldn't help but notice the similarities between thw groups and the
old CB radios. Remember how the old CB's started out being polite and
helpful and a nice tool for truckers and travelers? Then they got so
abusive a person couldn't turn one on around children they were so
nasty. Seems the groups are going through the same thing. Why? I have
no clue, maybe someone else does.

Lack of personal consequences. Say those things face-to-face, and
you're likely to get punched. Same them over the air on a CB or on
USENET using a "handle," and you're untouchable. Look at how much the
garbage level rises when the participants start claiming to have
identified their opponents.

Ron Wanttaja