Familiarity breeds contempt!

[Guest guest]

Internet groups are objects of Maya. We interact and 'meet' with so

many minds, through their messages -- human judgmentality creeps in

and we acquire polarized views. We think of some as benefic, others

as malefic and so on.

 

The fact is that despite all our interactions, we are all really

strangers! What we 'think' of others could be completely untrue or

misperceived. People who come across as aggressive on the net may in

real life be rather meek and introverted. People who come across as

cool, collected and balanced may in real life be anxious persons.

People who come across as experienced, wise and knowledgeable may

have major holes in their knowledge in other areas in their personal

lives.

 

All we have to judge each other is through what we write, our style,

what we knowingly or unknowingly show and also what we withold.

 

Sometimes anger and sarcasm spills out of frustration. But it is not

right. My apologies if I have been guilty of that in the past. I have

tried actively to limit that, once I realized that really -- none of

you are familiar or friends, but strangers, truth be told. Would I

ever talk pretentiously with a stranger? NO! I have been on the net

for so long now that it has become a real part of my reality.

Starting with compuserve which was a different beast! However, my

recent experiences on this forum made me realize that though I was

considering regular members friends and brothers and hence was

allowing my well-intentioned jestful nature spill a bit too much in

my messages and responses -- what I thought was jest amongst friends

was my mistake. I was behaving like that with strangers, really.

Perhaps I must have hurt their feelings for which I apologize from my

heart and place of ignorance.

 

Thanks for helping me realize that, dear forum-members!

 

Rohiniranjan