Not sure why I noticed today, but I came across several online brawls today. Not involving SEC message boards, either. First, between two well-known political bloggers. Bonus points for the McCarthy referrence. And on the science front, if you were on a blog full of epidemiologists and you're refuting the claim that HIV causes AIDS, and when the site's owners cite you for copyright infringement, what do you do? Get an uninvolved department head involved, that's what. Which leads me to a slightly related story on how flame wars get started. Apparently people need better reading comprehension skills. But due to increasing networks of people these days, it could come back to get you.
These things reinforce my belief that tone (especially sarcasm) when typed needs its own unique font, because bold, italics and quotes just don't cut it anymore.
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