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ficticious persona

FrankC — 5/16/2006 8:27:14 PM (archived)

Yes, we are all ficticious to some degree. Whether we use our real names or pseudonymes we are all presenting a mirror image that we hope to convey. Nothing wrong with that but when a participant becomes a totally ficticious character made from whole cloth it is a different matter.

In my case, I am a white, southern, senior citizen. It is perfectly fine to strive to portray oneself as wiser and more witty than they might be in real life but if I represented myself, for instance, to be a southern black man full of tales of pride and prejudice in my life, it would be disingenuous and insulting to the community.

Why would someone do that, who knows? Perhaps they are an aspiring writer and want to float a trial balloon character or maybe they are just neurotic.

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Viet Vet Dis Myth - Birth of an Urban Legend - Elisee Reclus - 5/15/2006 8:01:33 PM
- ok so you wern't called a baby killer... - Dr. Demented - 5/18/2006 2:26:36 AM
  - Uh.....Dr. Demented - Lindy - 5/18/2006 11:01:42 PM
  - maybe we got the abuse... - ER - 5/18/2006 8:57:33 PM
  - Jeez, what did I ever do to bother anyone? I just had long hair. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/18/2006 6:04:55 PM
- One last comment... - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 8:59:00 PM
  - If I were you I would worry that I could predict your reaction so well. - alcaray - 5/16/2006 10:41:17 PM
  - re: One last comment... - azstrummer - 5/16/2006 10:34:59 PM
- Not all were, but..... - RNE - 5/16/2006 5:34:54 PM
  - re: Not all were, but..... - ER - 5/16/2006 6:23:04 PM
- Thanks for the Clarification - Lindy - 5/16/2006 1:23:45 AM
- Motivation - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 12:11:54 AM
  - re: Motivation - ER - 5/16/2006 1:28:48 AM
    - Apology - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 11:00:40 PM
      - re: Apology - ER - 5/16/2006 11:33:38 PM
    - re: Motivation - azstrummer - 5/16/2006 8:19:42 PM
    - To help you understand.... - FrankC - 5/16/2006 5:30:11 PM
      - Geez Louise... - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 8:54:29 PM
        
        re: Geez Louise... - azstrummer - 5/16/2006 10:40:25 PM
        
        Style - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 10:54:58 PM
      - re: To help you understand.... - er - 5/16/2006 7:35:42 PM
        
        re: Geographer - Raoul - 5/16/2006 9:12:07 PM
        
        re: Geographer - ER - 5/16/2006 11:38:57 PM
        
        Raoul - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 9:51:58 PM
        
        Your first time? - Robert - 5/16/2006 8:35:53 PM
        
        re: Your first time? - azstrummer - 5/16/2006 10:44:36 PM
        
        ficticious persona - FrankC - 5/16/2006 8:27:14 PM
        
        ER speaks again! - ER - 5/17/2006 12:06:22 AM
        
        Correction - ER - 5/17/2006 1:05:32 PM
        
        Welcome fellow map-maker. - podrock - 5/17/2006 4:33:15 PM
        
        re: Welcome fellow map-maker. - ER - 5/17/2006 7:11:58 PM
        
        Just so you know... - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2006 3:24:16 AM
        
        Another Floridian? - Lindy - 5/17/2006 2:05:38 AM
        
        re: Another Floridian? - ER - 5/17/2006 2:17:48 AM
    - "In the meantime, I think you owe me an apology" - Lindy - 5/16/2006 3:41:52 AM
    - No. - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 1:51:58 AM
      - E.R., this is just Par for Brosz- he doesn't even get it - . - 5/16/2006 2:24:57 AM
        
        Don't Listen to this lunatic E.R. - .. - 5/18/2006 2:33:36 AM
        
        unattributed cheap shots aren't any better coming from you than from DL (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2006 10:19:34 PM
        
        We have drunks here???? - Lindy - 5/18/2006 11:13:27 PM
        
        BTW....DL is RL's brother (n/t) - Lindy - 5/16/2006 3:48:59 PM
        
        How about crawling out of the shadows, 'anonymous'? - Robert - 5/16/2006 5:43:13 AM
        
        Its DL, Robert, You know darn well and so does everyone else - DL - 5/16/2006 3:09:40 PM
        
        Of course, the "hand" is unmistakable - Robert Shepherd - 5/16/2006 4:35:12 PM
        
        Oh, for chrissake spare me. - DL - 5/16/2006 5:10:37 PM
        
        spare me. - Robert - 5/16/2006 8:11:55 PM
        
        re: spare me. - DL - 5/16/2006 9:11:35 PM
        
        re: spare me. - Robert - 5/16/2006 9:58:54 PM
        
        re: spare me. - DL - 5/16/2006 10:19:50 PM
        
        re: spare me. - Robert - 5/17/2006 4:02:37 AM
        
        You guys have got to be the worst bowlers I've ever seen. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2006 4:47:21 PM
        
        Tom strikes again! (n/t) - Robert - 5/17/2006 4:49:17 PM
        
        corrected html - DL - 5/16/2006 10:22:15 PM
        
        Only one person here ever uses the phrase "sophomoric rhetorical tactic" - Tony - 5/16/2006 4:12:05 PM
        
        Look at it from my point of view - Robert - 5/16/2006 4:43:59 PM
        
        I did - Tony - 5/16/2006 6:25:45 PM
        
        re: I did - Robert - 5/16/2006 10:10:02 PM
        
        For what it's worth... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/16/2006 11:17:48 PM
        
        Yo! Tech...... - Lindy - 5/17/2006 2:10:46 AM
        
        Yo! Lindy! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/17/2006 3:37:03 AM
        
        serenity - FrankC - 5/16/2006 9:47:10 PM
        
        Oh. My. God. - DL - 5/16/2006 5:14:17 PM
        
        "Endless Loops" - Lindy - 5/16/2006 3:47:57 PM
        
        ER speaks - ER - 5/16/2006 11:47:06 AM
        
        Robert responds - Robert - 5/16/2006 5:08:28 PM
        
        Tom responds: - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 8:52:44 PM
        
        Robert responds to Tom - Robert - 5/16/2006 9:40:29 PM
        
        Was it something I said? - ER - 5/16/2006 6:17:08 PM
        
        On the spitting content you are most likely right - alcaray - 5/16/2006 9:34:59 PM
        
        There is that - Robert - 5/16/2006 9:43:14 PM
        
        On the other hand... - alcaray - 5/16/2006 10:53:58 PM
        
        That was YOU out on the patio?!! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/17/2006 12:19:42 AM
        
        Obviously, my explanation was too complex for you. - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 4:54:33 AM
        
        re: E.R., this is just Par for Brosz- he doesn't even get it - ER - 5/16/2006 2:33:47 AM
- re: Viet Vet Dis Myth - Birth of an Urban Legend - azstrummer - 5/15/2006 9:25:08 PM
  - No sailors or dogs allowed - er - 5/15/2006 10:15:46 PM
    - and another question - Fox - 5/16/2006 3:01:38 AM
      - re: and another question - ER - 5/16/2006 6:46:13 PM
    - Question for you ER......... - Lindy - 5/16/2006 1:28:09 AM
      - re: Question for you ER......... - ER - 5/16/2006 1:35:48 AM
    - re: No sailors or dogs allowed - azstrummer - 5/15/2006 11:26:30 PM
      - re: No sailors or dogs allowed - ec - 5/15/2006 11:35:10 PM
- Next you'll be telling Tom that there is no Santa Claus. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/15/2006 9:10:10 PM

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