| From: | "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Humanis Contacts [OT] |
| Date: | Tue, 24 Mar 1998 15:11:23 -0500 |
>Fade said on 1:07/24 Mar 98...
[Fade's anti-trog comments snipped ;-) ]
>> That's one thing I like about the net. It's the great equalizer. It's
>> impossible to know if the person on the other end is male, female,
>> young, old, criminal or the president, gay or striaght for that
>> matter. Or if they are who they claim, or pretend, to be.
[snip]
>It's not always as easy as that, IMO. Previous experience with someone
>colors your perceptions of them, and will influence the way you think
>about their posts, even if they have something worthwhile to say.
Yup - everybody's equal until they open their mouth. Until we get some
way to share thoughts directly, we're going to be influenced by the
presentation. The 'net, however, is the first place where somebody
can be known by their ideas mixed with a minimum of presentation.
Provided that somebody can communicate their ideas clearly and with
a minimum of clutter, the audience tends to be willing to forgive
the occasional tyop or grammar error.
James Ojaste
