[widgeon13]

I believe the anonymous nature of the internet encourages people to act out behavior that they would not normally display. Example is people placing naked pics of themselves or others on a website.

Civil people in open conversation will normally listen to someone's ideas but not immedaitely call them an a$$hat, as opposed to here, we immediatley launch into a rant, dumping our bucket with complete disregard for others. Not everyone does this but some are more experienced than others.

I was thinking that it would be interesting if when someone posted an idea, they had to defend their position at the start, not be free to respond to gabs by the audience. This would cause some folks to give more thought to their posts and actually give some thought as to how others might respond. It might also eliminate some of the endless posting of other author's ideas.

Personally, I have good friends that do not agree with my thinking but we do not come to blows when we get together. We tend to have more logical discussions and try to develop a better understanding of what the other is thinking, I don't immediately tell them to fuch off.

Some people here have no interest in developing friendships with others because they believe they will never meet. As a result they would just as soon piss the other person off and then move on to the next victim.