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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (13476)	1/15/1999 1:56:00 AM
From: uu	Respond to of 64865

Charles: > It would be a shame if 20 years from now history were to view the Internet primarily as a force that accelerated the demise of civility. In my humble opinion 20 years, or 30 or 100 years from now things will be the same when it comes to human nature. Internet will not be viewed as a force that accelerated the demise of civility but rather as a force that made humans come closer to each other. Allow me to give an analogy. When you met your wife for the first time you were total strangers. You were very polite and did your very best to look as good and as intelligent as possible. As you got to know each other more, the initial wall between you broke down and became very close to each other. I do not know about you, but in my case despite the fact that my wife and I love each other, at times we argue, and yes even scream at each other. But at the end everything is ok. It is the same between brother and sister, father and child, mother and child, friends, co-workers, and all those who become to know one another and interact with each other very often. And Cyberspace is not an exception! In short as people get closer to each other they become more open to each other and expose their feelings - good or bad - to one another. In this new era of computing internet has brought people much closer to each other and has made this world a much much smaller place to live. As such it is only natural to see more of the natural human behaviors (from expressing joy, to anger to sarcasm and yes even to being not civil at times)! What else can you expect? After all we all are human beings and not gods! Regards, Addi Jamshidi discuss matters in which we differ from each other's opinion.