[78-L] Now's your chance, boys and girls

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Thornton" <fnarf at comcast.net>
> And here's a lesson for you, Jason:
> "the welcome of some members of an online group dedicated" to ANYTHING ALL
> ALL can "so quickly turn hostile." Nature of the beast. Doesn't mean
> anything. Doesn't mean the people here are bastards (though they could 
> well
> be, I dunno). It just means that folks get testy sometimes, and it's 
> harder
> to communicate subtlety by typing than it looks sometimes.
>
The simple (and harsh) reality is this...e-mail, in spite of its 
"emoticons," is a VERY
bad and incomplete way to communicate! I always use the same example...!

Say you meet an old buddy in an imbibery...?! Your comment will very likely 
be,
"You sonovabitch! What are you up to?!"

Then, the next day, you meet the same guy...but now with your wife! In a
COMPLETELY different tone of voice, you now say... "You sonovabitch!
What are you up to?!"

Exact same words when typed...but NOT the same sentiments!!

Steven C. Barr