From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsovax!hamilton Newsgroups: net.singles Title: Re: ** sigh ** - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1080 Posted: Wed Nov 17 20:41:07 1982 Received: Sat Nov 20 08:05:15 1982 #R:pur-ee:-65300:uicsovax:20700003:000:309 uicsovax!hamilton Nov 17 19:03:00 1982 don't lose heart completely. on PLATO, where they have had a discussion forum like this for years, the same thing happens, even worse (the population there is mostly college undergraduates who are much less inhibited about ad hominem attacks). wayne ({decvax,ucbvax,harpo}!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsovax!)hamilton