From: Rick@dot.dot
In article <41226f16$0$212$75868355@news.frii.net>,
Elizabot wrote:
> > OK, I assume that this [is|was] 'that sex webpage' that people refer to.
> > I assumed, from the above description that it was some sort of prank
> > page that people link to in order to offend somebody else, sort of like
> > the infamous slashdot goatse guy. By the description it seems to be
> > relatively harmless, and more or less just plain stupid.
>
> Not all people understood that when they read it. It wasn't simply a
> link posted to the group, it was the whole article.
Oh, yeah, that is different. I'm not sure why though, possibly because
the extra work involved in pasting the story was more than strictly
necessary, kinda shows the whole 'malice aforethought' angle.
>
> > I'm relatively lucky here, as I don't have the history. But I do form
> > impressions of people eventually, and I've not seen anything *currently*
> > that is particularly heinous, just a lot of snide remarks from all
> > sides.
>
> If you bother to stick around (which I wouldn't be surprised if you
> didn't), you'll see more.
Well, I'm mostly here to do research for a UI project I'm working on, so
I don't know how long I'll put up with all this. One one hand, it would
do good things for my view of Humanity to have all these disparate
people able to work together harmoniously, but on the other, well, Star
Trek's Federation always seemed to wishy-washy to me.
>
> > On the plus side, each of you seem to be interesting people in your own
> > rights, just that none of you play well with [others|particulars]... :)
>
> I have never claimed to play well with everybody!
>
No, to be honest, you haven't. But, if you don't mind me saying, I've
found you to be a pleasant conversationalist.
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