Everyone just needs to ignore ALL posts from those that continue to display
that behavior.

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
I agree with everything you said, but it was a waste of time and energy.
Harry
trolled some bait, and you bit. I don't know what it takes for people to
ignore his
inflammatory posts, but until it's done, he isn't going to change.


On 6 Jan 2006 08:15:00 -0800, wrote:


Harry Krause wrote:


You don't have t bother with a new group. Every other day, Chuck will
post a 250-word treatise on "proper" behavior, and the Rev. Jim will
chime in with a few Hail Marys and mea culpas. Immediately afterwards,
Chuck will tell us that those festering pustules on the bottom of the
boat you're thinking of buying don't really retract from its value, and
Jim will tell us that no matter what computer you have, *his* is faster.
Or some such nonsense.

If you happen to bring up any of the verboten subjects here, you'll
increase the frequency of their self-flagellations, confessions, and
vows of chastity.

Screw that, Krause.

If I had to identify the *one* person who doesn't give a schlitz about
the group,
trolls without a moment's hesitation, considers the NG his personal
playpen, has recently posted that he finds the discussion of boating
topics "vapid", and has historically gone out of his way to stir things
up every time they settle down too much for his taste, guess who that
would be?

You spend your entire life in your computer haunting various
newsgroups. You seem to get some huge thrill from your ridiculously
silly ability to make nearly everybody dance to your weird, divisive,
hateful tune. You so misuse your intelligence and communication skills
that it's pathetic to watch you in action. You have a lot in common
with Rush Limbaugh, only he might be even brighter and his audience
isn't restricted to a couple of hundred people in a dozen newsgroups.
You're so desperate for a ****-fling that when everybody else is
ignoring you you start in on people who have long been guilty of
pretending your sick act somehow didn't exist in the first place.

Nearly everybody is trying to get things back on track. I never thought
that you would participate in any effort to ignore trolls, get back on
topic, forego political discussions,
avoid name calling, and treat even folks who hold differing political
values with respect.
That's not what you're about. The best hope is that if everybody avoids
responding to your
stinking bait (as I am breaking my normal pattern to do at this moment)
you'll shut the hell up or go away.

Or would you hope to convince us all that the festering pustule
behaviors at the bottom of the newsgroup have no effect on its overall
value?

Your turn: I'm sure your vicious reply will be a dandy. Make it your
best, as I'm done with this discussion and you get the "last word."


--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes