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A climbing community or a fantasy world 11-Feb-2013 At 3:56:15 PM Andrew Davis

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On 9/02/2013 macey wrote:
>Hey Andrew Davis, I totally agree (by the way, my real name is Ben Mace),
>because I'm sick and tired of the outright rude, gutless f#%$ers that hide
>behind the security of false identities, who openly admit they wouldn't
>be so damn rude in a face to face situation.

True- and irony is with aussie culture once blokes get too know each other calling someone a f*%* grumpy old c*#*% can be pretty normal in some circles and shows you are good enough friends to do that, but to do it online to a stranger when your own identity is hidden seems guttless and i think simply shows a lack of social tact or social intelligence
And im not referring at all to the the lite hearted gesting and joking that this thread has deteriorated into. We know a bit of that is needed.

I was more concerned about this notion of "the climbing community" mentioned in the climbing ethics. Chockstone cannot represent a genuine climbing community when people can be anomymous. Whoever moderates this site i strongly wish that could be changed to real id's only, and bogas-profiles are barred.