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From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
Subject: Re: OT: Usenet lack of civility (was Re: Logical pathname hosts.)
Date: 1998/12/25
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* Stig Hemmer <stig@pvv.ntnu.no>
| In a face-to-face situation we would see the reactions of the bystanders
| and realize that this is _not_ the way to behave.  Even if the uncivil
| ones themselves didn't see it, at least they wouldn't recruit many new
| ones.  Not so on the Net.

  s/uncivil/stupid/ and you might have a clue.  it appears, though, as if
  you think annoying people who are uncivil it the right way to make them
  less uncivil, because you don't think people are uncivil because they
  have been annoyed.  I have the exactly opposite view.  I think people
  annoy others for no particular reason -- they just do it because they are
  stupid and inconsiderate.  however people respond uncivilly because they
  have actually been annoyed by somebody stupid and inconsiderate.  it
  appears as though you do not recognize any cause of uncivility at all,
  and think annoying people is perfectly legitimate, especially if it is
  done by somebody stupid and inconsiderate, whom the rest of the world
  should treat nicely.  is that so?  if so, I have finally figured you out
  and why you go around poking people in the eye (virtually speaking) to
  prove to yourself that they have bad tempers.  here's today's tip: stop
  poking people in the eye, and see if they still have a bad temper.  I
  have a feeling you will be very surprised by the reversal of cause and
  effect compared to what you believe in.
  
#:Erik
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