Unfortunately for the fan, his complaint was too specific, and Roger pointed out that I could not have been at the Con the fan claimed, as it wasn’t MidOhioCon, the only Con I did, and in any case I hadn’t done ANY Cons for several years.

The guy went away angry and disappointed to find Rog defending me.

Problem is, we often see the same mentality in posters as we used to see in lettercol regulars—an assumption of superiority because their letters had been chosen for publication.

Now, there’s no choice involved, just somebody’s ability to press an ENTER key. But that false sense of superiority persists.