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JMD (wordwork@marketing-wizards.com) wrote:
: Every so often someone steps back from the verbal brawling that
: characterizes these news groups and calls for sanity and reason.  That
: anguished cry always goes unheeded.  

: Possession of a computer and a modem simply allows us to broadcast our
: thoughts to more people.  It does nothing to elevate the quality of
: those thoughts.  It's why these newsgroups are the way they are and
: always will be. Collectively, they are the babble of the mob. 

Why would you expect anything different in here? In here is simply a
reflection of out there, with the exception that many more people
are drawn together in close quarters so to speak. And in RL we tend to
hang out with others whose views, etc. are similar or at least somewhat
compatible. So in here you get people together who don't share the
same views, morals, standards of behavior, etc. And like out there
others try to impose their standards of behavior, etc. on others,
make the rules, etc. for all to follow. 

And what proof do you have that this medium does "nothing to elevate the
quality of those thoughts"?? Because the quality of your thoughts may not
be elevated, does not mean that such is applicable to all. Some people
make well thought out posts that are thought provoking for readers. And
often one's views are changed or one may form views on an issue they've
never thought about before. An e.g. of such for me is the issue of male
genital mutilation in our society. My view going into the discussion was
against male circumcision of infants, without much knowledge of the issue.
And I left the discussion with much more knowledge and adamantly opposed
to this horrible practice of male genital mutilation.

: I just "mark as read" any threads with repeated postings from our
: well-known nut bars or on subject matter likely to attract the flamers
: and name-callers (abortion is one of those). You should do the same.

: John D.

In ns.general doing that would generally leave us with only posts by
fellas trying to sell computer stuff ... and even then there's flames.

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