There is a juvenile practice of finding an error and savaging the person who perpetrated that error. Being correct in their own mind allows them to judge the worth of the person with whom they don't agree.
It takes little to see how they were raised, with what values, and with what disregard for people. All that mattered was being correct, and that justified any behavior. To be wrong is to be worthless. Therefore there is an effort to intellectually justify themselves as a substitute for self-respect and self-esteem.
There is no such thing as an honest mistake, or room for differing points of view. One cannot respect oneself any more than they respect others, but that's a difficult concept to grasp.
Poor folks, doomed to a lonely life and unable to see an alternative except to insult more people.
Arf
Geek Speak » in reply to Just curious...
You gest, of course.
The whole thread (26 posts)
- How do you see ISP's of posters here?
- I confess
- Example of a problem post in this category (IMO)
- I confess
- See what I mean?
- The post you flamed was not directed at you, BTW...
- "The criteria I use in the gray area is intent, intent to deceive.(...), intent to do harm, __flaming from the cover of a psuedonym__, stuff like that..."
- Just curious...
- I see no possible problems with this
- Now cut that out! (n/t)
- re: I confess
- Okay. No foul, I guess.
- I confess
- I do understand that
- Example of a problem post in this category (IMO)
- Fake names
- We've actually have had celebs post here.
- That's Bill "Kristol" (n/t)
- At the bottom of the post next to the Message URL
- I confess