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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (49071)6/4/2002 2:06:10 PM
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"nor do I even know the real name of any SI poster for sure.

I know a man who most people just call “Shorty.” He is over six feet tall but “Shorty” just the same. His wife calls him Shorty, as do his other relatives, friends, and work associates. His last name is Jacobs. Shorty is more than just a nick name as people refer to him as Shorty Jacobs as if it were his actual name. After knowing the man for thirty years I learned that the name on his birth certificate is Ralph Jacobs. No one who knows him can remember a time that he was referred to as Ralph. Most people know him as a mellow easy going corn farmer. I am aware that he has been seen drunk some years ago and that he has expressed raging hostility more than once in his life time. So, I can imagine that there are people who know Shorty in a different albeit a very limited scope of experience.

The question becomes, is Shorty not the “Real” Ralph Jacobs? Is the man arguing over the price at the grain elevator not the real Ralph or the real Shorty?

To what extent does the character or persona of Ralph need to be involved in my experience before I can say that I have had an encounter with the real guy? Does his drunkenness in 1956 count? What if it was just at the grain elevator in 1958? What if he is my beloved Uncle?

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I must agree with Neocon here. Internet encounters are every bit as real and valid, regardless of the nomenclature, extent of involvement, or circumstances of discourse, as any other form of experience...and no more or less of an excuse for behavior, or attributions such as friendship, than other types of behavioral influences.
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