TurquoiseB wrote: >I watched it happen during the period immediately >after 9/11, and I've been watching it the last >few days, on this group and on many other forums. >There's a certain kind of person who really gets >*into* the disaster thing, feeds on it, and can't >tear him- or herself away from the television. >They watch all the news, compulsively. And the >anger and the frustration that they feel as they >watch just builds and builds and builds in them >until they feel that they have to DO something. > >So what do they DO? Do they turn off the fuckin' >TV and get outside and get some air and thank >the lords of karma that it isn't them who is >going through all of this? No. Do they sit down >and meditate and try to connect back with the >part of themselves that isn't so angry and frus- >trated and wanting to lash out? No. > >What they do is log onto the Internet and lash >out at anyone they possibly can. Anyone and >anything is fair game. Arguments start over the >smallest, silliest shit, and turn nasty really >quickly. These people don't care who they're >arguing with or about what. They don't care who >they're insulting or putting down, they don't >care who they hurt. The whole *point* is to hurt >someone, *anyone*, to try to make someone else >feel as bad as they do. > >The people who do this can't be dealt with, and >they can't be reasoned with. They're too far gone. >You can't be compassionate and try to gently >remind them that they should turn off the fuckin' >TV and get off their fat asses and go get some air >or meditate or do whatever they should do to get >human again. They'll only turn on you and try again >to make you feel as bad as they do. It's like >trying to deal with a junkie. > >It's not just here. It's everywhere on the Net. >It's on every forum. And more and more, on more >and more forums, people who remember what happened >after 9/11 are posting stuff like this and trying >to remind the still sane members of the forum that >when you encounter people who are this far gone >into the TV/Anger/Hurt cycle the only thing you >can do is not interact with them at all. > > > Last I looked Willy isn't on this list. :)
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