Sinergy
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Occationally, when someone is harassing me, or simply talking in a way I'd prefer not to be addressed, I will simply drop the chat. I'll admit, this is -not- polite of me, however sometimes you're not left a polite out in a conversation. Im not sure I would agree it is not polite of you. I have a friend who did his master's thesis on personality changes in cyberspace, who came to the conclusion that the consequenceless anonymity of cyberspace tended to cause some to become imbued with a sense of power, aggression, and other characteristics which a polite society would frown on in real life. For me, everybody deserves to be respected, and if you are being mistreated or assaulted (real life or cyberspace) you have the right to disengage from the conversation and I personally would find no fault with it. Just me, could be wrong, but there you go. Sinergy
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