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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (59341)	9/21/2002 9:49:51 AM
From: Poet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Be that as it may, they are not significantly more or less out of whack than they would be in 3D, which is what's at issue. Interesting. So this whole "issue" is, in your opinion, about certain people's lack of judgement and not about the specific conditions of internet communities.

To: Lane3 who wrote (59341)	9/21/2002 10:05:32 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I must respectfully disagree. AS people have said repeatedly on this thread, they know people so much better here. I think that implies an expectation of knowing people better, that is not present in 3d. All the evidence from these threads though, and the evidence from the little psychodramas that take place on them, illustrates that people here do not know each other any better, and in fact are misled by their illusions of knowing people better; they make mistakes not generally made in 3d by people of my acquaintance. I don't know all people, but the people I know in 3d, don't make the wild leaps in associations that people make here. It may happen other places in 3d- I don't know. But I haven't seen anything like it. I can only go by my own experience.

To: Lane3 who wrote (59341)	9/21/2002 12:30:42 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

Be that as it may, they are not significantly more or less out of whack than they would be in 3D, which is what's at issue. I don't know about that. Do you think E would have fallen for the Arteeste gag and let me paint her body in real life? Somehow I think even my fabled 3D charm wouldn't have enabled me to do that.

To: Lane3 who wrote (59341)	9/23/2002 1:02:48 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

That is exactly it. We are all conjecturing, even when the person is not trying to fool us. Some of us have better insight, due to experience, judgment, "pattern recognition", or whatnot, and get things right more than most, but the question is whether casual acquaintance in 3D is superior the sort of prolonged interaction many of us have here. I have known most of you for years, now, and talked about more serious matters than is typical with casual acquaintances, and done so pretty frequently, on a daily or weekly basis, in many instances. Only close friendship or familial relationship typically afford more data.........