Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!ut-sally!pooh From: pooh@ut-sally.UUCP (Pooh @ Communist Martyrs High) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Why so quick to attack and criticize?? Message-ID: <2897@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 19:09:01 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2897 Posted: Sun Sep 15 19:09:01 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Sep-85 03:20:52 EDT References: <16412@watmath.UUCP> Reply-To: pooh@sally.UUCP (Pooh @ Communist Martyrs High) Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 28 In article <16412@watmath.UUCP> jmsellens@watmath.UUCP (John M Sellens) writes: > >I suspect that people may figure (subconciously at least) that it's easy to >attack and criticize someone that they will never meet. Perhaps people >get a kick out of besting someone else, even if on a minor and insignificant >point (witness rashes of spelling flames in public, rather than polite >notes via mail). Perhaps some people hide behind their userids. > >It is very difficult to understand people just by their postings. I have been >reading the news for 2 years now, and I am constantly amazed at just how >difficult it is to get a clear "fix" on some of our more frequent contributors. >I still have no *real* idea of what these people are really like. > John, I invite you to attend Ross Greenberg's net party on the 20th of September in NYC and meet me. I'll be happy to tell you the same things I would write on the net. It's true that it's not always easy to get to know someone by his userid. Now's the chance to correct it! See y'all there, Pooh NEW ADDRESS: topaz!unipress!pooh topaz!mama!pooh OLD ADDRESS (still useable): pur-ee!pooh Lobotomies for Republicans--It's the Law. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com