HI Rigsy,
I do remember Internet battle glory from days gone by. In the earliest
days, on BBS systems, it was probably warranted, as I was a young gay
man in a sea of homophobes. I learned how to write effectively because
I had to defend myself, and to that extent I learned 10,000 ways to tell
someone they were ignorant, stupid and unwanted; the young fag had
teeth, ha. Since that time I've grown pacifistic and mostly unconcerned
with what other people think and believe. I have a more collaborative
writing ethic than I used to, and prefer to address issues in
partnership with others. I still like a good quarrel, but without the
James Bond poison darts of my youth.
--Bill
On 10/14/2012 9:01 PM, rigsy03 wrote:
Yes- this is a sweet hangout and it's good you have joined. I thought
early on that much of the nastinest could have been avoided if people
had been required to use their real names thus being responsible for
their posts however many felt that tags would allow greater freedom of
expression and also protection. There are certainly many inane nasty
writers/opinionators that use their proper name. Anyway, I have
mellowed. :-) In my "salad days" on the internet forums, I could be a
wild thing esp. after a few drinks and with a similar lively group-
chalk it up to experience, learning the hard way, the mystery of
ardent spirits- whatever.// I think there is a difference in school
smarts and life smarts...unfortunately.
On Oct 13, 6:03 pm, William L Houts <[email protected]> wrote:
Hey Friends,
This is just to say that I feel right blessed to have fallen in with a
group of such affable smart people. Like all of you, I'm betting, I've
been sailing Net oceans since their very beginnings on college Usenet
groups, and even before that on BBS systems.
The difference here, I find, is a spirit of collaboration in
discussions, rather than some digital wartime ethic of cutting each
other off at the knees.
It makes for better reading, and for a kind of warm glowy pro-human feeling
which, it seems, you don't often find on Net discussion groups; and I've
checked out dozens of them, both on Google and Yahoo. Also, I'm not the
smartest one here for a change, and I enjoy hearing the arias performed by your
singing minds.
So here's a little bouquet for you all, and a ghostly boo! just to be a little
season appropriate.
Cheers and fond wishes,
--Bill
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"I just flew in from the Land of the Dead
and boy are my arms tired."
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"I just flew in from the Land of the Dead
and boy are my arms tired."
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