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From: Michael Breslau on 8 Sep 2009 08:54
In article <h836vb0291h(a)news1.newsguy.com>,
J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote:
....
> You've obviously never been _near_ ngs such as, oh, talk.origins, if you
> think that what goes on here is particularly hot... or that if you think that
> there was ever a time when USENET was free of 'name-calling' and
> 'vituperation'.

Okay, let me be specific. I had a sub-account, hosted by MIT, back in
the era when USENET had hundreds, not thousands, of users.
I followed the Atari and Amiga groups for personal pleasure, and the VAX
group for professional reasons. Later, I added the Macintosh group.

The majority of the postings I ran across fell into one of two groups:
1) Help - I get no support from my computer vendor and I have a problem
2) Here's this neat program that I developed and you can have it for
free. - yes, most software was free in those days.

Rarely did I find a 'you're an idiot' posting. The discourse I did see
was polite and reasoned - unlike the recent 'town hall' fiascos.

I'm sorry the world is a lot less polite now-a-days, and perhaps you are
too.

Mike

PS: Those USENET groups persuaded me to get a Macintosh, and I've never
regretted it.
From: Michael Breslau on 8 Sep 2009 08:55
In article <CR8pm.1569$tl3.1051(a)nwrddc01.gnilink.net>,
Wes Groleau <groleau+news(a)freeshell.org> wrote:

> Michael Breslau wrote:
> > PS: I'm old enough to remember when newsgroups were free from
> > name-calling and vituperation, and I wish it were still so today. Those
> > who try to demean others in public wind up demeaning themselves.
>
> Wow, you must be REALLY old.
>
> I'm 55 and I can't remember that.
>
> Then again, maybe that's because I'm 55.

I'm almost 72, but I got into computers in 1961...

Mike
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