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Originally posted by Warren Willson
Resorting to personal abuse is just no decent or reasonable way to conduct a logical debate IMO.
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After all these years, Warren, why do you still expect a logical debate? Take a step back and look at what Internet messaging has become. Go to other sites with other topics and see the behavior there. It is far more atrocious than anything I've seen on an Internet forum for umpires. That includes Gary McGriff's board, which I'm sorry for Gary has become a zoo.
When given a relatively anonymous platform with no accountability, it is sadly common for people to become quite negative. It's as though some folks feel just fine saying anything that comes into their brains on the 'net, no matter who it might hurt, or what senses of decorum it violates.
Some people are just blowing off steam, getting things off their chest, or escaping from real life dilemmas. Others are compensating for deeper problems rooted in a poor self image, or sheer frustration over feelings of inadequacy or failure. A very few are truly mentally disabled.
So, now I take the Internet with a grain of salt. It is the same feeling I have after a particularly ugly ejection. I don't get upset about it anymore. It doesn't bother me anymore. I just sit back and look at the situation and laugh to myself over the absurdity of grown men getting all red in the face and stomping and swearing over an event in a baseball game. I picture those same men getting just as upset while playing Chutes and Ladders or Candyland, which are games, too.
That's how I look at the 'net now. Ozzy implying I am mentally unstable on a message board is pretty pathetic, and therefore funny.
[Edited by Jim Porter on Jul 23rd, 2003 at 09:59 PM]