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hi barb brock you wrote: >How can we tell anything about anyone over the web? we can't that is the problem/blessing paradox of this amazing medium the anonymity can be used for any purpose with e-mail, i cannot judge you on your profession/life-style clothing/appearance abilities/disabilities accent/nationality/religion skin/hair/eye colour this can create the ultimate democracy every participant has an uncensored voice i have only the words and the fact of messages sent to base any judgment/opinion on the other side of the coin is: i have only the words and the fact of messages sent to base any judgment/opinion on this paradox requires more work on my part in reserving my judgment/opinion until i've considered carefully what has been presented 'words are cheap' 'actions speak louder than words' 'walk your talk' are all truisms which need to be reinterpreted in this new era >..Granted that I didn't see the original post but to conclude >that someone who shares interesting websites is necessarily a hustler i read tami's first post several times very carefully so i felt comfortable in my suspicions i did not conclude anything since you have not read the posts being discussed how can you come to a conclusion without making assumptions? >...Sounds to me like Tami could have had good motives ... maybe maybe not she still has not answered a direct question how can any conclusion be drawn? the anonymity of this medium is a double-edged sword >...and be feeling indignant because they were >questioned in the way that they were.... i don't understand why anyone would feel indignant about a simple question unless the indignation is based on a sense of false pride or guilt viz i don't feel indignant by your questioning me i'm happy to explain my reasoning behind anything i do or say and am open to suggestions or debate as i said to tami i would love to be proved wrong in the past, i have referred to myself as cynical and now realize that i may have been using the term a tad loosely since i have just found that the oxford dictionary defines a cynic 'as a person who has little faith in human sincerity and goodness' i have a lot of faith in humanity's sincerity and goodness but i try to remain impartial and assumption free until i have enough information to go on in re any individual i encounter your cyber sis janet janet paterson / 50-9 / sinemet-selegiline-prozac / [log in to unmask]