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[jbor]

>> Having read the first five or so years of the archives, with Koopman, quick
>> to insult guys like Samsel and Steelhead, and the appalling way that Bonnie
>> Surfus was treated, like everything else the general trend is that people
>> have become smarter, less likely to be duped and drawn into some nasty
>> little maelstrom, and discussion (what there is of it) is more efficient as
>> a result.

on 12/4/03 9:38 AM, S.R. Prozak at prozak at post.com wrote:
 
> A microcosm of the internet as a whole, with the downside that thus people are
> less likely to achieve anything collectively.

I think that's a definite plus, that propaganda and misinformation don't
have the same hold over individuals and populations that they have had
previously.

best