"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Sep 27, 8:06?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

ps.com...





On Sep 27, 3:01?am, Short Wave Sportfishing

How you can compare this to that video is quite beyond me. However,
it does prove one thing - you are really in need of some help.- Hide
quoted text -

The comparison is obvious. In both cases, you have somebody with foul
intent finding amusement in the distress of an unwilling victim. One
is physical distress, the other isn't, but the basic action is the
same.

Thanks for the observation that I need some "help", but if getting
such help would result in me finding a mean-spirited, off-topic,
personal attack post "funny", I'll just sit over here in the
"unhelped" or "beyond help" section. The goofy video is adolescent, at
best; and it says *much* more about the mental and emotional maturity
of the attacker than the victim, (as these sorts of things always do).

Question: Would you find the video just as funny if the head of some
person important to your religion, an American soldier in Iraq, or
your favorite Republican presidential contender was substituted for
Doug's? How about a family member, would that be funny? Isn't there a
chance that your personal opinion of Doug is what allows you to find
this funny?
If so, then it's the specfic criticism of an individual that you are
enjoying, not the childish video.

I don't know Doug and don't have a personal opinion of him. (His
specfic action of crossposted trolling isn't all that great, but I
don't know him well enough in general to hold an opinion). Sans a
negative opinion of the victim of the nonsense in question, it's hard
to understand why any mature adult would find it amusing.

If you find crossposted messages that are ACTUALLY from me, as opposed to
the user posing as me, it's because like many other people, I don't
normally
check the address line to see if a message is going to multiple groups.
Most
of the time, there's no reason to check, unless someone has added
multiple
groups to intentionally cause problems.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If you were asking for my advice. (I know, you aren't) I would suggest
keeping the fights confined within the newsgroups where they
originally start. Most people have little need to check the address
headers, but others obviously do and might benefit from doing so.


Chuck, the only time I intentionally cross post (and it's rare) is if I post
a technical question in the Microsoft groups and it makes sense to have them
visible in more than one group. There are times when it's valid to cross
post.

Focus very hard on the word "intentionally".