CAMELOT FANTASIES

CD,

You made an interesting post a while back talking about the big forums, the flaming, and why people stay there. I wish I could find it, because you mentioned people wanting an audience.

I find this whole thing fascinating since I love to observe human behavior. I can understand the trolls and their flaming. They get an audience to display their "wit." But.I don't get the intelligent ones who are objective and want to seriously discuss tennis. What's their issue? It is also the audience? Do they enjoy displaying their knowledge, even if it falls on mostly deaf ears? Do they see it as a dysfunctional family with a few nuts in the family, but family nonetheless?

Or, have they just gotten used to the dysfunction which puts them in an apathetic state? Or is tennis, with all its dynamics that they love so much that they sacrifice common sense to interact with others?

It's really weird.