Re: Mind's Eye Re: Mind Courtesies

HI Rigsy,

I do remember Internet battle glory from days gone by. In the earliest
days, on BBS systems, it was probably warranted, as I was a young gay
man in a sea of homophobes. I learned how to write effectively because
I had to defend myself, and to that extent I learned 10,000 ways to tell
someone they were ignorant, stupid and unwanted; the young fag had
teeth, ha. Since that time I've grown pacifistic and mostly unconcerned
with what other people think and believe. I have a more collaborative
writing ethic than I used to, and prefer to address issues in
partnership with others. I still like a good quarrel, but without the
James Bond poison darts of my youth.

--Bill


On 10/14/2012 9:01 PM, rigsy03 wrote:
> Yes- this is a sweet hangout and it's good you have joined. I thought
> early on that much of the nastinest could have been avoided if people
> had been required to use their real names thus being responsible for
> their posts however many felt that tags would allow greater freedom of
> expression and also protection. There are certainly many inane nasty
> writers/opinionators that use their proper name. Anyway, I have
> mellowed. :-) In my "salad days" on the internet forums, I could be a
> wild thing esp. after a few drinks and with a similar lively group-
> chalk it up to experience, learning the hard way, the mystery of
> ardent spirits- whatever.// I think there is a difference in school
> smarts and life smarts...unfortunately.
>
> On Oct 13, 6:03 pm, William L Houts <luka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Friends,
>>
>> This is just to say that I feel right blessed to have fallen in with a
>> group of such affable smart people. Like all of you, I'm betting, I've
>> been sailing Net oceans since their very beginnings on college Usenet
>> groups, and even before that on BBS systems.
>>
>> The difference here, I find, is a spirit of collaboration in
>> discussions, rather than some digital wartime ethic of cutting each
>> other off at the knees.
>>
>> It makes for better reading, and for a kind of warm glowy pro-human feeling which, it seems, you don't often find on Net discussion groups; and I've checked out dozens of them, both on Google and Yahoo. Also, I'm not the smartest one here for a change, and I enjoy hearing the arias performed by your singing minds.
>>
>> So here's a little bouquet for you all, and a ghostly boo! just to be a little season appropriate.
>>
>> Cheers and fond wishes,
>>
>> --Bill
>>
>> --
>> "I just flew in from the Land of the Dead
>> and boy are my arms tired."


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"I just flew in from the Land of the Dead
and boy are my arms tired."

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