[MD] Inorganic, organic, social, intellectual,.... virtual

[Ron Kulp]

Ron:
I have nothing against avatars or pseudonyms but
using a fictitious character to wash ones hands of 
any kind of Credibility just seems sort of dishonest
on an intellectual level don't you think?

Krimel?, or should I say,
Mr. Hat?

[Krimel]
And I have nothing against ephemeral meat creatures, limited though they
may
be. One's Credibility on an online forum derives entirely from what one
types into virtual pages. It is eternally encoded in the archives of the
forum.

I would say it is more dishonest to assume that that one has enhanced
the
illusion of reality by clinging to some sense of self and personal
identity
in a format where neither are the least bit meaningful. 

Ron:
I agree, but it is easy to
Use the "the 4th wall" as an escape route. Mind you I think it is 
a clever tactic to employ, it's just that it gets easy to
"nuke" somebody (as wizards will do) with no consequences because you
can quite conveniently hop over to Norrath and claim all's fair.
An excellent loophole for accountability. But that's for morons who
"assume that one has enhanced the illusion of reality by clinging to
some sense of self and personal identity in a format where neither are
the least bit meaningful." (note the quotes) Krimel RE: [MD] Inorganic,
organic, social, intellectual,.... virtual [sept. 4 2008]

Krimel:
If you were making lame attempt to irritate me with veiled aspersions on
my
sexual preferences I can only say that virtual sex is overrated. My
user's
sexual issues were resolved long ago and he generally does what he does
and
doesn't give a crap what anyone but his wife thinks about it. 

Ron;
Issues?  the mind reels at the possibilities of a wizard with issues..


Krimel:

You seem to think I have some objection to the use of Wiki. I do not.
What I
have objected to in the past is posting long extracts from it in this
forum.
The link suffices for anyone interested in pursuing it. At least on the
wiki
page we are treated to Arial and a picture. Quoting Wiki is fine to
highlight a point but when the quotes aren't quoted but just copied and
pasted it provides the illusion that they are the words of the person
posting them. I do consider that dishonest and I find it detracts from
the
Credibility of the author, whether real or virtual.

Ron:
When people just are not understanding what you are trying say
and you post the link once, twice three times with it being
obvious the link was not read, one tries quotes, when the quotes
are not read or understood you begin to mix the quotes with a
personal interpretation (for those who think research 
is too time consuming).
By this point references links and quotes are dropped in an effort
to connect. Besides by this point, if you're following along,
you know where the information is coming from.... having
been repeated several times in a variety of ways.
But point taken, I will pepper future posts
with irritating accuracy of references from this point
foreword.

Krimel:
" If you were making a lame attempt to irritate me with veiled
aspersions on my sexual preferences'

Ron:
Naaaah, just poking fun at avatars.. I'm only trying to irritate you
conventionally. I'm not one to get too personal. Besides How personal
can one get with a wizard from Norrath? bust on his wand? innuendos of
where he
keeps his ring of hollow faith? or his mask of raining tears?