>>>>>>> Of course there is variance in application of standards across
>>>>>>> individuals and situations. Of course this isn't a black and
>>>>>>> white issue. Very few things are. But what the **** does that have to
>>>>>>> do with the double standard I identified?
>>>>>>> Again: the kook crew here feels free to netkop somebody about
>>>>>>> the BI, but if you contact an ISP about TOS violations re content,
>>>>>>> that's
>>>>>>> verboten. If I were to contact Snarky's provider about his
>>>>>>> insults, suddenly I'm a netkkkopper. It's freaky stupid is what
>>>>>>> it is. Yet nearly everybody here has bought into it.
>>>>>>> These mores are adopted to insulate those who engage in ****ty
>>>>>>> behavior from the consequences of their behavior. It's the same
>>>>>>> with taking usenet to real life. Suppose somebody hides behind their
>>>>>>> keyboard
>>>>>>> calling an enemy all sorts of rancid names and making all sorts
>>>>>>> of outlandish claims. It's considered kooky to drag that
>>>>>>> person's ass from behind his keyboard and kick the **** out of
>>>>>>> him. The reason this standard exists is merely to protect that
>>>>>>> cowardly ******* that
>>>>>>> engages in this behavior. Such a standard exists nowhere else. What
>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>> possibly justify this standard?
>>>>>>> Well, psychology isn't a real science, so I understand your
>>>>>>> inferiority complex and your need to sound like you're educated.
>>>>>>> What's next? Suggesting I need anger management?
>>>>>>> LOL.
>>>>>>> Also, your pants are on fire. By the next post I'm quite sure
>>>>>>> they'll be hanging over the telephone wire.
>>>>>>> There is a difference between "presume" and "assume." One with
>>>>>>> your academic credentials should surely understand this.
>>>>>>> A real scientist would recognize that curves tend toward steep
>>>>>>> or flat. Curves aren't slow or fast. But you are a psychologist
>>>>>>> so this is probably new to you. Since you are so proud of your
>>>>>>> advanced
>>>>>>> database of knowledge perhaps you should add this little factoid
>>>>>>> to it. Next time you want to insult somebody by referencing his or
>>>>>>> her learning
>>>>>>> curve, the more precise (and precision is your paramount desire, we
>>>>>>> know) way to do it would be to suggest that they have a flat learning
>>>>>>> curve. Mathematically you could represent this as Y=0. This is,
>>>>>>> incidentally, Joan GriffinTHAL's learning curve.
>>>>>>> This is about as hard as doing reverse psychology on my
>>>>>>> grandson. When he was two.
>>>>>>> Well, are you?
>>>>>>> Feel free to flesh out your claim with examples.
>>>>>>> Tick tock.
>>>>>>> Feel free to flesh out your claim with examples.
>>>>>>> Tick tock.
>>>>>>> Feel free to provide them.
>>>>>>> Tick tock.
>>>>>>> Not true. Your first less than friendly act was to respond with
>>>>>>> feigned politeness to my original question. I responded to that
>>>>>>> with equally feigned politeness, mirroring yours. Next, you
>>>>>>> asked your loaded, er, pointed question that implied your belief
>>>>>>> I was paranoid -- definitely kookbait. I responded pedantically
>>>>>>> in order to return the insult. We've traded insults pretty
>>>>>>> equally from there, although in my opinion I'm certainly winning
>>>>>>> on points because mine are so much more clever, witty and
>>>>>>> cutting than yours. Sniggler^wSchoolmarm please!
>>>>>>> Your tendency to project disliked parts of yourself onto me is
>>>>>>> well evidenced in this thread.
>>>>>>> tee hee!
>>>>>>> miguel
>>>>>>>