Re: CubicAirconia attacks W_B

From: The Webby (nospamattmjiatroepidemicnospam_at_san.rr.com)
Date: 12/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 16:15:14 GMT

In article <eVVwd.11994$Z27.11805@bignews5.bellsouth.net>,
 "Sdores" <sdores@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> What difference does knowing a name mean? You still don't know anyone on
> the net unless you meet them in person! UM MOM Susan
> <clintonz@prodigy.net> wrote in message
> news:1103361139.223474.147380@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Well, its frustrating to hold a conversation with someone who hides
> > behind
> > an anyonomous ID and hurls insults. Of course you could prove me wrong
> > once and for all by posting your real name right now! (if you had the
> > courage).
> >

I'm very careful about who I invite to my home from the internet. The
only ones who have ever been invited to my home are the people I have
met in smd and asj-d (alt.support.jaw-disorder). My first guest came
all the way from Italy. Another from Canada, another from Michigan
(although we met up at a restaurant for convenience)... and then another
from Michigan who came with his family, and still others have standing
invitations because they are "known" by someone who *knows* that person
IRL. Some plans to meet up have fallen apart simply because travel
plans changed.

Of note, my first guest was not known to anyone IRL here in smd. We
fostered a friendship online and shared some international phone calls
between 1995 and the first visit in 1998. He could read enlish without
trouble but writing and speaking was difficult. But still, we found a
way to communicate with care and we learned a great deal from each
other. Then later in 1998, I went to Italy as the guest of that person
and his family and spent a month learning more about our common concerns
and ideas. Our friendship continues to grow and he no longer posts here
to smd because it is so time consuming for him to translate. He rarely
uses english where he lives so we talk on the phone as often as we can.

It's all about having reason to trust other people. Building a network
that begins online in a newsgroup such as this can an is happening as we
read. I have many thoughts on this subject.

TW

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