From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@piclab.com)
Date: Sun Feb 06 2000 - 11:39:14 MST
> Is there good reason to be arrogant on the net and not in person,
> when you are ashamed of that behavior? ... Do you find that
> "the real you" is the net-arrogant person, or the more mild-
> mannered one?
Who said anything about being ashamed? I find it effective and
empowering to be an arrogant loudmouth. I think both of those
aspects of my personality are "real", just used for different
circumstances and different goals. In face-to-face encounters,
it is less effective--which is probablywhy traditional politeness
evolved the way it did. I can change my image face-to-face
sometimes as well. Perhaps I acquired that skill for the poker
table and just carried it further here.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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