In a message dated 3/6/01 7:41:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, N.Faulkner@tesco.net writes:
<< I merely think you are mistaken in thinking that your chosen mode of engagement is that adopted by most fans most of the time and hence represents a normative mode against which all others should be compared. >>
I humbly beg your pardon, Neil. Obviously my knowledge and direct experience with a dozen or more fandoms spread out over two decades or more doesn't entitle me to make any observations about what fans generally are like, what they like, what they like to discuss, what they like to do, or just about anything else.
Perhaps you'd like to correct my spelling now? Or my grammar? Or perhaps you'd like to tell me some more boring scientific statistics? That's obviously what "fans" like and I've been wrong for several decades... (not to mention that I and the rest of the internet are apparently very wrong about what constitutes "netiquette" in a debate).
Annie