[Air-l] Re: Flame Wars

[Christian Nelson]

Nancy White wrote:

> I'm wondering about the distinction between "Flame Wars" and the ongoing
> occurrence of conflict in online group interactions. Heck, conflict happens.
> Sometimes it escalates to what would be an argument F2F. Is that a flame war?
> Or is that a relic of previous time.

Nancy's reflections make me wonder why there is even such a term as "flame" and
"flame war"--a question that might be answered in part by the history of this
term. Anyone know how these terms initially arose in discourse re: CMC?
Thanks, for any info.
Christian Nelson