Re: Why we have FAQs [Re: Slightly puzzled]

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <32500F07.506E@mc.net>, anomaly3@mc.net <anomaly3@mc.net> wrote:
>Since the sudden tremendous interest in the internet, with everyone 
>going out and buying computers and getting 'on line', you're looking at 
>a LOT of new faces out there. Some will know what they are doing, some 
>won't. But if we use proper care, patience, and exercise 'net 
>etiquette', eventually all of the flames will subside and the usenet as 
>well as the internet in general will be a much more pleasant place in 
>which to interact.

   That sounds great. So does communism. Problem is, both deny the
essential human character.

   [Replace 'the internet' with 'social interaction over the past 3000
years of recorded history' in the above paragraph to see why it won't
work if you don't see so yet. Humans have been interacting for a heck
of a long time before the internet, and it's not always been pleasant,
to put it mildly. There is nothing about pushing recycled electrons
around that'll make humans grow up in their interactions.]

Nathan Mates
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