On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:49 PM, John Ladasky <john_lada...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > On Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:32:46 AM UTC-8, larry....@gmail.com wrote: > >> This reminds me of post that was circulating in the early 90's: >> >> Welcome to the Internet. >> >> No one here likes you. >> >> We're going to offend, insult, abuse, and belittle the living hell out >> of you. And when you rail against us with "FUCK YOU YOU GEEK WIMP >> SKATER GOTH LOSER PUNK FAG BITCH!1!!", we smile to ourselves. We laugh >> at you because you don't get it. Then we turn up the heat, hoping to >> draw more entertainment from your irrational fuming. > [snip] > > Ummm... Larry, I hope you are just posting this rant because Rustom Mody's > remarks reminded you of it.
Yes, that is why I posted it. > I hope that you do not personally subscribe to this behavior. No, not any more. But that rant is a somewhat tongue in cheek look back at how things were back in the day. > Yes, I too was a bullied nerd when I was young. I don't use my history as an > excuse to do unto others what was done unto me. No one should. No one > should bully another person, period. It's not "entertainment," it's a deeply > harmful practice, and does not deserve any respect. Back in the day I was both a major flamer and flamee. I did enjoy being the flamer and I laughed at being flamed. And I don't equate that with being bullied in any way (which I was when I was a kid). But I am older and kinder nowadays and have better things to do with my time. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
