On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:58:47 -0600, Omelet wrote:

> 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>

i think there's a difference between usenet and a role-playing game. or
should be, anyway.

your pal,
blake