On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:18:07 GMT, Alan wrote:
"Mike Russell" wrote in message
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:57:15 +0100, Ø.Ødegård wrote:
"Why why why why why ! Nothing to do?
o.odegaard
Why ask why, to no avail?
It’s nature red in tooth and nail.
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Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com
Point taken….I suppose.
After posting to this particular group for a while, I’ve found that, no matter what, there is always be a small percentage of people who browbeat and bully others, just for the pleasure. To mix metaphors a little, they are vandals who deface the work of others, or parasites who feed their poison to the people who are attracted here by the good will of others.
It’s true of all human activity, throughout history. Our aggressive nature always finds a way to express itself through whatever means are available. For many people, the sheer pleasure of giving someone else pain is too much to resist, particularly since there is no price to be paid. It’s the "perfect sting". The fact that Usenet is anonymous is its Achilles heel. So there will always be flamers and haters.
Luckily for us, most of us, most of the time, can transcend or at least divert this behavior to constructive ends. The solution is to ignore these people, or oppose them obliquely and hope they will change. Certainly not meet them head on.
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Mike Russell –
http://www.curvemeister.com