Faith-based internet

[jhetley]

One thing I keep trying to remember, after seeing rude comments fly back and forth in re Ellison. Another person got tromped for reserving judgment, prior to Ellison's public confession and maybe-penitence. And I reminded myself -- I do not know these people. I have no personal evidence on whether what they have posted is truth or fiction.

I have "known" some of you readers for a period of nearly a decade, without ever knowing your real names or having any proof that you even exist outside of some shadow's imagination*. Anything, anything at all, that you post could be a total fabrication.

I know a _lot_ of people who get paid for inventing stories out of thin air. I admit quite freely that I tell lies for fun and profit.

And I've given up on a certain usenet group because someone has made a habit of posting with forged identities. It ain't that hard.

So, don't believe everything you read on the internet. Okay? Wait for evidence?

*Perhaps Sailor Jim's sixteen-year-old with perky breasts living somewhere in New Jersey.

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[green-knight.livejournal.com]

And I've given up on a certain usenet group because someone has made a habit of posting with forged identities

It only takes a couple of idiots to spoil things for everybody else.