>I think that it's completely on target. a majority of humans are like that. They will test the system. Without clears laws and rules to follow they will test the boundaries. Jerry Springer, Jenny Jones did that on TV. Reality shows are doing it too. And many encourage those by watching. So what happens next they'll do worst to differentiate themselves from other shows that copied their ideas. Until the day something dramatic happens. Then they go back a bit until the day what they do is accepted. And the worst than before cycle begins again.
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I agree that there is less civility today than they're used to be. (And I suspect that somewhere, by bemoaning that fact, I've just crossed a line into "old." <g>)

>Anyway Tamar the wheels are turning this is not only on the internet. Its the society. Look at the overall situation and stop the comparison about the UT and Compuserve.

FWIW, the difference still exists today. It's obviously a cultural thing, but you just don't see the same kind of behavior on the CompuServe Fox forum that you do here.

Tamar