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Robert McNeil: At last, a forum in print for cybernats and internutters who don't like using the web



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Published Date: 12 September 2008
THEY say that comment is free, which must explain why there's so much of it about nowadays. You say: "That's rich coming from you. You're always commenting, like." It is a good point, well made. But what is different nowadays is the amount of commenting on the commentators.
The internut is one such forum for these, and has proven itself a magnet for psychopaths, bigots and obsessives. Here, the subconscious mind is displayed, barely mediated by self-censorship. It's valuable in that it reminds us that part of the human ...



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  • Last Updated: 11 September 2008 8:03 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Robert McNeil
 
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a proud doonhamer,

Dumfries 12/09/2008 01:22:17
I would love to comment on a well written article by the esteemed Mr. McNeil. Unfortunately, as such an item does not exist, I am forced to withold comment and remain unimpressed by this vacuous drivel.
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Hugo of Garven,

12/09/2008 08:15:34
If I was going to comment then I would say how much I enjoy his dry humour.

 

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