The other thing is, people are way meaner to one another in venues like these (boards, e-mail, etc.) than they'd ever be in person. People won't belittle somebody who's sitting across the table, or even on the other end of a phone line, but they'll say anything if they can't see or hear that other person. There's no empathy then. It's kind of incredible how impersonal an electronic venue can get.
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