re: #364 Athos

Nah, the loons existed before the internet. The internet only accelerates and facilitates stupid having an impact.

But that is the point. In the old days they would spend a few days in the stockade in the village square, if they lived that long. That may not have been good news for the likes of Newtons, but is was a good filter, just as the overall sensibility of people looking other people in the eye is a good filter for assholes.