To: VALUESPEC who wrote (28116 ) 2/15/1998 10:43:00 PM From: jim bowman Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 41046
I'm sorry, you got me out of the woodwork with that one. You are really are trying to incite people. And the reward to you is... nothing. I'm afraid you don't choose to or can't comprehend what you are doing here. You are talking to real live people behind that screen in front of you. They aren't dumb pixels in that little dark room of yours. As far as reporting folks to SI. Well guy, sentiment is 100:1 against you. Do you really think that SI cares what you think? NOBODY CARES WHAT PEOPLE SAY HERE. We really decide what is OK. In the end, we are the ones that are responsible. You too. The people on this board are decent people, and yes they do say things are nasty toward you. Are you somehow surprised at this? I know this isn't going to sound right but have you thought about doing a reality check with your therapist or a close friend? For your sake, I hope you don't take great pride in knowing that you have probably destroyed a significant level of good feeling and sense of community for many here...and for what? A distorted sense of empowerment? Does this somehow compensate for what you need in some other part of your non-cyber life? In this wonderful little cyber world of ours, ANY ONE OF US could sit anonymously behind our keyboard and, if we so choose, get a little rush knowing that nobody is going to claw their way through our modem and and hold us accountable for much of what we say. Pretty cool, huh? I would imagine that there are 100s of others here in SI land who could do exactly what you are doing on the FTEL thread, inciting people while telling all that they are really making the world of FTEL a better place... but they don't. Would you consider asking yourself "why do I do this when others don't?" Does it occur to you that you might have something to GAIN by taking steps to answer that question...something that might make you feel a lot better about yourself than you do now? It doesn't take courage to do what you do it takes exactly the opposite. It takes no courage; it invalidates you as a person; and doesn't allow any positive benefit to you that I can see. When you engage in this type of exchange you throw sand off of your beach -- gain by grain. And like the beach, you don't think much about a little sand until you are standing in a pile of rocks. Think about it. Regards, Jim