Welcome to Blog on Chicago CF, the official blog of the Chicagoland Adult Cystic Fibrosis Association and annual Chicago Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Day! The purpose of this blog is to facilitate, and build, communication within the Greater Chicago Cystic Fibrosis community. We eagerly solicit postings of any nature that are relevant to this metropolitan community–announcements of events, births, memorials, marriages, public inquiries, requests for assistance, news items, pictures, recipes, what have you. This a moderated blog, meaning that all posts and comments will be vetted by us before they are published online. Please respect the members of this community and your hard-working blogmasters by not attempting to post commercial duns (spam), material that is libellous, sexually explicit, infringing someone’s copyright, or that falls under the umbrella of hate-mail, and do not even think about conducting a flame-war on this forum.
July 23, 2006
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Ok, I have to ask, what is a flame war?
Comment by carolyn Heyman rn — July 27, 2006 @ 3:48 pm
Dear Carolyn,
A good question ask! A “flame-war” in internet-parlance is a protracted public exchange between two or more protagonists wherein the content under discussion is subordinated to the pleasures of character-assassination, (veiled) innuendo, and general obnoxious bad taste. People who would ordinarily never call someone else a bad name to their face will, inspired by the emotional distance of the computer screen, launch into another poster with a vicious gusto that is appalling to witness. Differences of opinion, articulated with respect for the audience of this blog, are welcome; shouting matches (ONE SHOUTS ON THE INTERNET BY USING ALL CAPS, LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!, etc.) and withering scorn with the goal of inflicting emotional damage have no place in this forum.
Comment by skyhook — July 28, 2006 @ 12:56 pm