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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:46:50 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) from National Review Online
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Sometimes I will meet people who know me from online, and occasionally
they will try to get me to talk about some of the more controversial stuff
that I do talk about. It is very easy to not do so, and even to tell them
why I am not doing so.

If they really insist, I find that the best thing to do is to say: "You
know what? You are absolutely right!", change the subject and do not go
back to the old subject whatever the temptation.




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> On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>
>> It's not me I'm worried about, but I can all too easily envision
>> some heated discussions and spilled drinks leading to an exchange of
>> assaults, both real and imagined.
>
>
> Guaranteed these discussions wouldn't get so pitched in real life face
> to face.
> Faceless internet communication makes it much harder to recognize a
> joke, or when you've gone too far, or...
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