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Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> posted |
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200703121554.49967.vapier@g.o, excerpted below, on Mon, 12 Mar |
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2007 15:54:49 -0400: |
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> On Monday 12 March 2007, Steve Long wrote: |
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>> Stephen Bennett wrote: |
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>> > Oh, and bashing ciaranm doesn't make you cool. |
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>> Yeah and nor does sucking him off. |
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> seriously, stop it |
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> if you want to flame, take it off list |
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Has anyone stopped to think... he might have an ulterior motive here? |
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Clearly, it's trolling, the quote above should demonstrate that beyond |
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doubt. However, one must ask what the reason might be for such |
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deliberate trolls. |
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Perhaps the reason is to see (and demonstrate in the process) just how |
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far one can go before one /does/ get pushed off the list. I was frankly |
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shocked at both active sides earlier in the thread, perhaps this is just |
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trying to push it as far as possible, maybe with the motive of driving |
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the council to /some/ sort of action to institute enforceable and |
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enforced list guidelines. |
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OTOH, that's taking a step many had been hesitant to take. There's kill |
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filters when someone (or some thread) gets too far out to take. Perhaps |
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it's time for list regulars to kill-filter the thread /and/ the abusive |
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user. If that avoids the step toward direct censorship he seems to be |
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trying to push... |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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