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From: jay@banzai.PCC.COM (Jay Schuster)
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Subject: Re: Dedication
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Date: 6 Jan 90 18:40:07 GMT
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igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten) writes:
>...flame-fests.  I have one question: what do people get out of this?
>
>In the 70s, they played D+D.  Now they play the net.  All the
>words, actions and statements are really just role playing;
>people taking big stances about worthless things.  I attack the
>goblin.  I call Richard Sexton a rude name.  

This is an *inspired* interpretation of what the net is.

One, large, anarchic, Fantasy Role-Playing Game.  We can be anyone
we want.  We can play high and mighty or small and meek.  We can
collect brownie points from the other powers-that-be.  We can get put
on shitlists or can gain general recognition.  We can be famous.

I think I am going to view flame-fests in a very different light now.
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Jay Schuster <jay@pcc.COM>	uunet!uvm-gen!banzai!jay, attmail!banzai!jay
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