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Mind your manners online
The Internet is being degraded by rude and self-centered people who smother civil discussions.
By Gary Kamiya [2007-11-13]

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    Softdog; you're right, in that I wrote my comments at four in the morning, and I only sort of skimmed yours. I guess I was trying to make a distinction between mean comments towards other comment-leavers (bad!) and snarky comments towards column-writers (okay in moderation).

    I don't "do" Table Talk, or what have you, so I can't really comment on that. Do people really want lots of moderation? I do have to admit that I enjoy reading other people's comment fights, so, I dunno. If two people want to yell at each other, I guess I'm hypothetically okay with that. But I was struck by how hard it was to avoid getting in a fight on the blogosphere, even when I was trying my damnedest to not get into one.

    This comment has no major real point, I guess, so I'm ending it now.

    -- slcgrad
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    Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:53 AM
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