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List:       list-managers
Subject:    Why people on the Internet typically have no manners
From:       Todd Day <today () di ! com>
Date:       1998-04-29 10:45:34
Message-ID: B1AA3C851F6DD011BEEB0040333A8B54541104 () exchange ! di ! com
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A friend of the wise philosopher El Barto once stated -

"The potential for mischief is inversely proportional to one's distance
from the authority figure."

After being on many lists and moderating a few for the past ten years,
I've developed the following corollary -

"The potential for being an asshole is inversely proportional to the
likeliness of getting one's ass kicked."

Let's see this principle in action...

Ron writes -
>From now on, whenever I get forged subscribed onto a non-confirming
list,
>I've decided to use the opportunity (since I'm already subscribed) to
make
>a VERY blunt posting to this list in question, using as many four
letter
>words as I can possibly fit into a few paragraphs, and making the point
>(repeatedly) that the reason the list subscribers have found themselves
>being subjected to _my_ explitives is because they have a moron
managing
>their list.

Analysis:  Ass-kicking potential low; asshole behavior high.

Little does Ron know that I've secretly mailed in his home address on
several "advertiser bingo cards" from biker magazines.  Does Ron show up
at the next Hell's Angels meeting, pushing over motorcycles and shouting
that the magazine advertisers are complete morons because they did not
first mail him asking for his permission to mail more things to him?
Not likely.

Analysis:  Ass-kicking potential high; Ron quietly stews at home as he
throws each piece of junk mail into the trash, vowing to one day make a
version of e-scrub that works in the physical world.
 
-todd-



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