On 1/13/2014 9:13 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/13/2014 8:48 PM, KC wrote:
On 1/13/2014 8:32 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/13/2014 8:06 PM, KC wrote:
On 1/13/2014 7:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:





Right. I agree. But since the new year the tone has changed and
people, including you, have been much more respectful to each other.
So,
a clean slate has been established. Who is going to be the one to
mess
it up first?



That's easy, the ones who acknowledge, answer, and repost the trolls

As long as we respond to the troll posts, they will continue. If we all
refused to answer but only decent posts, made with proper intent, the
appeal would be gone for the trolls and the group would be right back
the way it was a couple weeks ago, overnight....

It only takes one to say "well, he isn't trolling me so it's ok",
and it
all falls apart... but you know all that


No, that's not the answer nor the problem.

You are trying to establish who should respond to whom and if one of the
people involved happens to be disagreeable with you it's not ok
according to your "rules".

You are the one who in an earlier post touted the "spirit" of the group,
and of course have admonished me according to protocol...

Harry and I have demonstrated that you can communicate and often
disagree without being disrespectful.

You have demonstrated that as long as it's someone else he is trolling,
you will answer, again, your prerogative... Not gonna' tell what you
can't or can do here...


You seem to feel that I therefore
am enabling any problems you may have with communicating with him. I
don't think it's your call to decide who can respond to who.
Apparently you think otherwise.


I am not trying to decide who to respond to at all, all I am suggesting
is that "what" we respond to and that would be "posts that are in
conjunction with the "new" *spirit* of the group"... I am purposely
avoiding any names.... or posters...

So, are you in on the whole "only respond to posts that suit the "new
spirit" of the group"?




I'll do as I want. You do as you want.
Fair enough?



Sure.. so, I choose to ask questions in a usenet group. Not like I am
asking you personal info, I am just asking if you are willing to ignore
obvious trolls here, in an attempt to keep the group running like it did
for a couple weeks there?