Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] rude
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 12:18:28 -0800

on 2/2/02 11:28 AM, Adam Bridge at abridge@mac.com wrote:

> On 2/2/02 at 6:42 PM, cyberdog@attglobal.net (Pascal) thoughtfully wrote:
> 
>> Comments:
>> This page stinks! Come in to the 21:st century. Today digital equipment
>> rules.
>> ---
>> 
>> How can people be so rude and short-sighted making such blanket statements?
> 
> 
> Alas, such behavior is common these days. It reeks of behavior modeled on so
> many web pages where opinions are often posted regarding such things as
> reviews
> of computer equipment. I have to think the average age of the posters is in
> the
> middle-teens. That may be emotional age - they may actually be older - but
> their
> behavior is reprehensible.
> 
> It's thoughtless, rude, immature, and disgusting. And it's what the web gives
> us
> when we can say things without realizing that we're saying them about another
> person.
> 
 
Unfortunately rudeness is part of the current popular culture.  Let it go,
and don't respond.  The goal of this sort of behavior is to provoke a
response.
 
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
www.wildlightphoto.com


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