Posted by fluffy at 216.230.138.157 on November 23, 2003 at 23:45:38:
In Reply to: Re: Yes! posted by Kevin on November 23, 2003 at 23:37:10:
: : I was just wondering , after reading what I consider to be some pretty nasty posts
on
: : YOUR board, do you ever get angry at some of these people?
: Nah. Message board flames have to be taken in a different context than insults
hurled in
: person. It's easy to bitchslap a dude from the comfort of your (parent's) basement;
given
: that, I tend to take board attacks with a grain of salt (the compliments I take with a
pound of
: salt). It's much more difficult to hurl a verbal insult at someone who's looking right
at you
: than it is to splooge anonymously in cyber-space. So if someone was to get up
and tell me
: the things they feel secure enough to write here, I'd lend their thoughts more
credence.
: It's kinda cute how bold folks'll get when they know there are no repercussions to
their
: slams. However, you take that same person and stand them in front of me, they
wouldn't be
: nearly as cavalier. In fact, they'd say nothing.
: : They sure make me mad.
: Let it drift. I do. I've got my health, my wife, my kid, my career, my home, my
friends, my
: family, and a fan-base. If folks wanna piss into the wind, why should I feel bad
when it
: blows back in their face?
: : Are you almost back in your house?
: I'm back in my house (though not tonight; tonight I'm still in Texas).
: : I remember you saying that would be somewhere around Christmas.
: We've been in for about three weeks now. House looks better than it did prior to
the flood.
: :Oh and that was one outrageous Roadsides Attractions
: Thanks. We continue to push that "Tonight Show" envelope... or so I'm told.
: : Thank you Kevin for making us laugh and think.
: Thanks for giving me the opportunity.
: : Oh and I love the comics...never stop doing that.
: I won't... so long as I can take months (even years) off between issues.