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Originally Posted by thantor3 I’m glad you approve. Good to see you as well. Where is that bottle of Turkey you promised me?  |
Ummm, you know, funny you should ask about that. You see, my uncle Eulard came into town just last week...
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Doesn’t it also work the other way? Doesn’t it also allow for positive self-expression? I am thinking here of people who have come to SYM and have been able to engage in discourse that they may not be able to with their peers. Many of these people have expressed how helpful this was to them. So the second part of the question would be: does anonymity, as a whole, work more in the direction of callous disregard or positive self-expression in your view?
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The facelessness is in and of itself, morally neutral. Like most things, it's what a person does with it that matters. I think just as many opportunities exist to positively express oneself as there are to flame wantonly. Overall, I view the internet as a means to reach beyond my locale and my own carefully constructed world, and touch others I may have never known otherwise. You pose a difficult question, and I really can't give an honest answer which favors the positive or the negative here. As is the case with most, perhaps it is the negative that makes the biggest impression upon me, overshadowing the positive I have seen and experienced. I would say it roughly evens out, Than.
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I am hoping this thread may help address that behavior, if indeed it is happening at the rate you imply.
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I'm glad you started it. Why, it feels like group therapy here.
May I?
Hi, I'm Chanak, and I am hopelessly addicted to striking CM with a variety of injurious objects.