fun at thingy.apana.org.au (David Gerard) wrote:
"There's something about the Internet hothouse social environment that sets some people off. There's something about the Internet hothouse social environment that sets some people off. Abe: when people make personal attacks on 172, you really do have to imitate a duck's back and let it roll off."
Thanks for the really sound advice to all users and me in particular. I'm a novice when it comes to communicating on the internet (it wasn't an internet user before mid-2002), but I can pick up what you mean by the "Internet hothouse social environment."
Since of the tone of this thread of postings started dying down, I've been trying to ignore the personal attacks, while responding to the users who want to get something productive done, such as Mav and Bryan. This strategy has been working, given that the wise words from you, Ray, Mav, Anthere, etc. now overtaking the heated attacks and counter-attacks.
Thanks again for the wise words, 172
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