I've lost count of the number of times I've heard incivility excused
with "It's the net -- get over it" or equivalent. It's just as lame
an excuse as it's always been.
Life would truly suck if we always had to be emotionally on guard,
afraid to describe our feelings without simultaneously preparing to
deny them. Yet I get the sense that there are some folks here who
must rush to their keyboards to attack any honest expression of emotion,
lest some latent humanity escape unchallenged. And this is in a group
that is supposedly for people who share a common love for varied musics,
a group which generally decries claims that electronic music is somehow
"inhuman" or "soulless."
Grow up. This isn't a school lunchroom game of "gotcha." Wearing ones
heart on ones sleeve here shouldn't be a signal for a verbal dog pile.
There are a multitude of ways of describing music and our relationships
with it. Using terms like "heart" and "soul" are among these. I suggest
you learn to deal with it, if you haven't already.
-Ed
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