In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> > <shrugs> ok. It's just that I've personally met some people who behaved
> > like that only on usenet for the entertainment value, and were actually
> > really nice people in "real life". It seems to be a usenet thing. I
> > personally try to be myself here for the most part. ;-)
>
> and i dispute that people are assholes on usenet are 'nice people' in real
> life. it seems they are suppressing their assholishness in real life
> because there might be consequences there. on usenet they can be what they
> want to be, and choose to be assholes.
>
> 'nice' people (or civilized people, if you prefer) are nice all they way
> through - they don't put in on or take it off like a suit of clothes
> dependding on hat they can get away with.
>
> your pal,
> blake

That's actually an excellent point... but I used to play Dungeons and
Dragons back in College. Some people simply need an outlet.

And I forgive them for it, even when they take out my high level Magic
User/Cleric. <g>
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