[Ryzorian]

That's one of the benifits of the internet in my view. You can be yourself, no one really knows what you look like or what your cultural/racial background is. Therefore you loose some of the "preconcieved notions" people would have with all that added on and simply react to how you present yourself via printed word.

Now yes, people can lie..and some are A-holes. Yet I have found that those who tend to be asshats on the internet, are asshats in rl too. The annonamous nature of the Internet, just allows those who are jerks to be more aggressive in thier jerkwadiness.