usenet nostalgia (was: Aztec C (was: more eBay stuff))

[Richard]

In article <465F470C.28764.30BD5D8 at cclist.sydex.com>,
    "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>  writes:

> place back then; while there were knock-down drag-out discussions, 
> they were always pretty polite.

Usenet had the same proportion of asshole users back then, just that
they were fewer in absolute number because the size of the total users
was less.  I dealt with plenty of asshole users on usenet, even in
1988.
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