Bob Shuman wrote:
> Linda,
>
> I'm glad you figured out that "DHMO" is what most people commonly call
> "water". I agree that Bill directing you to the H2O web site was mean
> spirited, but I believe that Bill succeeded in driving home the point that
> you need to do your research first and be knowledgeable of the facts before
> you post if you want others to support your views.
>
> Unfortunately the Internet in general and NewsGroup (NG) forums like this
> one in particular, make it all too easy for anyone and everyone to post
> anything they want (even blatantly erroneous information) and portray that
> information as factual. (Note that I am not saying your original post was
> not factual, just that I, like most of the other experienced NG readers took
> it with "a grain of salt".) If you want to be taken seriously, then you
> absolutely need to do the homework and post the facts along with
> references/sources so that intelligent people can take a look and decide on
> their own.
>
> By the way, part of the reason that you got the responses that you did is
> because the purpose for the existence of this NG (rec.autos.makers.chrysler)
> is to allow Chrysler car owners to share their experiences regarding
> ownership and maintenance of their vehicles. As such, your message was
> likely considered initially as "off topic" by most or in the worst case, a
> "troll" sent simply to elicit as many replies as possible to "harvest" email
> accounts for sale to "spammers", etc.
>
> After you have been around NGs for a while, you will come to learn that most
> of the communications that occurs is polite and respectful, but there will
> always be some who are disrespectful to others. There are many reasons why
> people behave the way that they do and I won't begin to explain the actions
> of others. Suffice it to say that you need to be thick skinned, open to
> others ideas/input, and exercise good judgment before choosing to reply to
> post, especially when it is in response to a personal attack.
>
> Welcome to UseNet. It really is a wonderful tool for finding out about just
> about anything and learning from others if you have the patience to sort out
> facts from fiction.

Bob, thanks for the welcome! and thanks for the advice..

linda
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> Bob
>
>
> "linda" > wrote in message
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>>To Bill and Ted ONLY:
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>>i can do two things in regards to your being rude and mean....
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>>1. tuck my tail and run ....
>>
>>2. remind my self that the world is filled with assholes and go on...i
>>like option 2...
>>
>>Your posts are the world's greatest proof of reincarnation; no one could
>>get that dumb in just one lifetime.
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