Re: Food for Thought when posting to newsgroups

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>   > Oh well, google groups is a mixed blessing.
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> It is. It's not even real. It's virtually real. So it's a kind of separate
> reality at best. What we see here of each other is just a shadow or glimpse.
> Sometimes even a fancy. We exist as letters on a screen. What do we really
> know about each other? How do I know for sure it's the real Bob, Max, Clif
> or Joey that I see here and not just a persona?
> 
> Internet life is not real life. I'm sure lots of is charade, not to be taken
> too seriously.
> 
> I think the internet is suitable medium to discuss facts but not that
> effective a tool to judge people.
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IMHO It's a real. Some of it real dumb.  I think that over time you get 
a pretty good sense of a poster's integrity and character.  I'm 
surprised to hear that people feel so vulnerable that their writings are 
available in an archive. What did you expect, dudes? You put it out 
there for the world to see. I've had my rash moments, made dozens of 
errors and misstatements, denounced myself as "crap player", etc, but I 
couldn't care less who sees any damn thing I write.  Brings to mind this 
little poem:

Those who write on shithouse walls
roll their shit in little balls
Those who read those words of wit
eat those little balls of shit

Excelsior!

-- 
Tom Walls
the guy at the Temple of Zeus
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/zeus/