RedMagic1
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ORIGINAL: Darcyandthedark quote:
ORIGINAL: leadership527 People, by and large, are generally assholes on discussion boards anywhere on the internet. Anonymity does not do good things for most people. Now see I would disagree with this. Online communication can suck. No face, no visual clues. I have noticed that online can often provide a better window than the same amount of real-time exposure, to be able to assess someone's character. People can misrepresent their gender, age, weight, marital status... but it's much harder to misrepresent how they deal with confrontation, whether they are able to keep private things private, or, frankly, their general code of honor. I am never "anonymous" to myself. I have to live with everything I say, write and do. What does it say about someone's internalization of responsibility if they act different just because people reading their words don't know their real name?
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Not with envy, not with a twisted heart, shall you feel superior, or go about boasting. Rather in goodness by action make true your song and your word. Thus you shall be highly regarded, and able to live in peace with all others. - 15th century Aztec
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