On Feb 2, 7:33?pm, "Mike" wrote:
Truth is that many folks you might consider a**holes online, are usually
nice folks in person. The anonymity of the internet brings out the worst in
some people. Maybe it's pent up agression from home or work... it doesn't
really matter.

IMO, the difficulty is often associated with the inability of the
internet to communicate "tone". I have noticed that in many cases
where somebody takes serious offense it is often less due to the
actual thing that was said than the inflection or tone the offended
person imagined when the statement was read. But then there are indeed
a group of people who, maybe, get stomped on and abused by spouse,
boss, kids, both friends, or what not and feel compelled to be nasty
and combative on line.

It seems like Eleanor Rigby, by the Beatles, foreshadowed the world of
internet groups, etc. People involved in meaningless tasks, living in
a dream,
and described by the refrain, "Ah, look at all the lonely people."