Best response yet (my opinion of course)
At 04:43 PM 1/3/97 -0600, you wrote:
>All this talk about who's a jerk and who's not reminds me of why this list
>is better than a frat party.
>
>When I was in college, I lived in a fraternity and, as such, was obliged to
>attend the occasional frat party. At the party I would always meet some
>people that were too shy to talk to me, some people that I really enjoyed
>talking to, some people who were entertainingly obnoxious, and some people
>who went over the line and I found just rude.
>
>It was funny but the line seemed to change as the night went on and
>everyone seemed to move a notch or two to the obnoxious side as inhibitions
>were lowered. I suppose that I was evaluated the same way by other people.
> Sometimes I would change the way that I talked one way or the other to
>fit in with the group that I was talking to.
>
>This list has the same cross section of people as the frat party. The
>relative personal safety of the medium loosens inhibitions just like a keg
>of Leinenkugel's. The real advantage is that with the list is, if I don't
>like what I am hearing, I don't have to think up some lame excuse to bail
>on the conversation. I just hit delete. It's also a lot easier on the
>liver.
>
>Regards
>Bill Eastman
>61 MGA
>
>
Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
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