Re: Topic for discussion: getting along

From: Georgie Hinklemyer <samoolives_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 05:29:29 -0000

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "debadger"
<debadger_at_p...> wrote:
> It's interesting too how seeing an opposing viewpoint _in print_
seems to
> bring out the absolute worst in people. You know how in a
face-to-face
> discussion people usually don't jump to the worst possible way to
construe a
> disagreement? Yet in e-groups almost anything can start a full blown
flame
> war. I wonder if it's a subconcious feeling that anything seen in
print has
> more weight than the spoken word.

I don't think it's a matter of "weight" or "truth". It's just
incredibly easier to disagree in print, thanks to the impersonal
aspect of it. You can say anything you want at all, with a perfect
sense of anonymity, even if you give "your" name. There's millions of
miles of Megs between you and your target. You don't have to worry
about being polite to someone else's face - or worry about getting
into a fistfight.
--G.H.
Received on 2004-06-30 22:29:41