On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 01:47:19 -0500, hatter-no-spam@cotse.com put forth 
the notion that:

> Due to the fact that Supernews screwed up and can't fix the problem until 
> around Tuesday when their abuse department (who apparently are the only one's 
> who can unlock my account) I'm forced to use a Cotse account.  Whch isn't 
> really a big deal, I'm actually thinking about ditching the Supernews account 
> anyway due to not only this occurrence, but past shortcomings and their ongoing 
> inefficiency.  But that's not why I'm posting so let me get to the point.  I 
> took a few days off, from just life in general.  I spent one entire day just 
> sleeping, reading, and pretty much doing nothing productive.  Currently I'm at 
> a resort in Spokane.  Relaxing, drinking cold mexican beer (Corona to be 
> precise), and just thinking at the laptop.  I ate take out Chinese dinner, it 
> was alright, at the end of the meal I broke open the fortune cookie to find 
> that I had no fortune.  No silly little cliche, no misdirection riddle, 
> nothing.  And it started me thinking about certain things, like why people on 
> Usenet flame each other.
> 
> So why are you flaming?  Now I know a lot of you will try bellowing 
> entertainment at the top of yer sore lungs, but it just doesn't ring true.  I 
> mean maybe you can explain how stupidly trying to bring a person down to build 
> yerself up can be entertaining.  Perhaps if you don't know how to interact 
> socially like normal people that's gratifying in one way or another, but I 
> think for most people it's simply not true.
> 
> You see the "game" to me seems pointless now.  Why?  Because I don't care 
> anymore.  I've been lying to myself for a few months now, trying to make myself 
> care.  But I can't hide the truth anymore.  When any of you people try and 
> flame me, I feel nothing.  Even when I create the most savoring flame worthy 
> fodder for you to attack me with I still can't feel anything.  And perhaps 
> that's the real reason I started trolling and creating chaos in the first 
> place.  I wanted to feel attacked.  Because in real life, I can't manage that 
> emotion, I'm too well liked by people.  Here on the Inet, I can lie, I can hide 
> behind a name without a face.  When you don't have to look me in the eyes you 
> don't have to think twice about attacking me.
> 
> Does that mean I'm not going to post to Usenet anymore?  No, I'll still post.  
> I'll still flame people to.  But from now on, it's on my terms.  If someone 
> tries to flame me or claim SPNAK, they only lose.  Why?  Because I don't care.  
> And there's no reason to respond to something that doesn't invoke anything in 
> you.  That's why I will always win.  Because I can guarantee that whenever I 
> flame you, you will always respond to me.  Don't expect too many followups 
> though, I don't "entertain" losers.
> 
> One more thing, some of you are flaming because you are trying to win 
> something.  A war.  What is the purpose of winning that war?  You don't know, 
> do you?  See I know.  I know that the reason you fight is because you want to 
> be able to speak out the way you want, in a forum that you can claim as your 
> own.  What you all fail to realize is that it's a pointless endeavor.  You can 
> already post whatever you want, think whatever you want, and believe whatever 
> you want.  You're fighting over an empty fortune cookie.
> 
> -Mad Hatter


Good poast... you're much more interesting when you get real.  
Flaming's just a game to me... always has been.
 

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